Anyway, Sunday morning we got up not very early... the time change kind of messed that up... and went to explore the city. After a stroll around and some lunch....
we went to a nice little park outside St Patrick's Cathedral.
In case you can't read that, it says: "Near here is the reputed site of the well where St Patrick baptised many of the local inhabitants in the fifth century A.D."
After that, we attended the Choral Evensong service in St Patrick's. As enjoyable as it was, we kind of had an ulterior motive in going... tourist admission was like 4 euro, while actual services are obviously free. The lady handing out bulletins looked a little suspicious when we said we wanted to go to the service, which was very sparsely attended, and then mostly by elderly people. We dutifully stayed for the whole thing, even when they started to sing part of Handel's Messiah (which looks deceptively short on paper). I surreptitiously snapped a picture before we left...
Then we rushed over to Christ Church Cathedral, which was founded by the Vikings (believe it or not).
Yeah, I can't read it either. It does say "1562" down in the right corner, though. :D
The floors are quite pretty:
There were some interesting sculptures down in the crypt.
and beautiful windows in the baptistry.
(St George slaying the dragon)
(St Patrick banishing the snakes from Ireland)
After dinner at McDonalds (hehe), where I got this amazing Cadbury caramel egg ice cream:
we finished our day at a local hotel restaurant where they had a free traditional Irish music and dance show.
Well, that was my day in Dublin. :) I was sad I missed the Viking and Leprechaun museums, but there's only so much you can do in one day.
Get excited for Day 2...
