Highlights
- National Museum of Archeology and History - You probably think this sounds lame. But you probably don't know about bog bodies. They have a great exhibit with several well preserved humans from over 2000 years ago. If there was any question that life back then was nasty, brutish, and short then the disturbing array of fates these people met certainly proves it.
- Book of Kells - The exhibition is poorly laid out but the book itself is amazing. Thankfully there weren't too many people so we got a good look at the detailing.
- Cabbies - Maybe just dumb luck, but three of the four cabs we took had entertaining drivers. They wanted to talk about everything from the US presidential election to yuppies standing in line for clubs.
- Scotsmen - Not exactly a fixture in Dublin, but we happened to be here for the Ireland v Scotland Six Nations match and kilt wearing bag pipers were out in force. I was surprised how genteel the rivalry was. A Scotland fan crashed a pub we were at to deliver some rugby chants and a brief bagpipe song and he only recieved some good natured ribbing.
Other sights on the trip included the Guiness Factory Tour (naturally), The Chester Beatty Library, St Stephen's Green, and the National Gallery of Ireland.
Lowlights:
- Ryanair - Our 8pm flight didn't end up leaving until about midnight. Let's just say that it's not very fun to wait in a closed airport for four hours.
- Dublin Castle - It's likely you could walk by this building and not even know it's a castle.
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