Dublin Town - 11 to 12th May
Hi all Yesterday we said farewell to beautiful Bath and the surrounding Somerset and Gloucestershire countryside and headed to Bristol Airport for the short Emerald Air flight to Dublin. Holly was a bit perplexed when she saw the plane was a twin prop job - but we needn’t have worried as it was a very smooth flight. There was further concern when our African taxi driver from the airport needed Norm to enter our destination into his phone, then he still had trouble finding the Oak Bar, bright red as it is! Anyway, we managed to check in to our airbnb shabby chic “penthouse”, which was four floors above a lap dancing private gentlemen’s club! However, we are in the centre of Temple Bar which is a good place to start our exploration of Dublin’s fine city. Today we started our exploration at Trinity College, taking in the very well presented Book of Kells exhibition and the old Trinity Library. Then we set off to visit the “Cathedral” which we travelled to via St Stephen’s...