Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Pac-Man is Eating Dublin

Today we went on a tour of Dublin with Damien, to see some museums and monuments and such so we could decide which we wanted to go see. I'm excited about the natural history museum.
By now I'm quite used to Dublin- the traffic is really not bad and driving on the left side of the road makes perfect sense to me. Maybe it does because I'm left-handed?
Anyway, after we got back we decided to find some food, so Dad and I walked to the square behind the hotel and down the street a ways, and found a subway.
And when we were done eating, I went out on the porch... And lo and behold, the Samuel Beckett bridge just a little way down the road, which pivots to allow smaller ships to continue up the river, was swinging round. So until about 10:30 I've been out watching the ships come in and be docked. Nothing is more beautiful, except maybe seeing them with billowing sails.
I hope we can get out of the city tomorrow and do some things. We'll see though.
I found this on the sidewalk in front of our hotel:

Maintenance note

General edit: I fixed it so anyone can comment, if you'd like to say something. Now I get to take a nap.

Still Alive- and only one person will get that reference.

Hey guys. We've touched town on the Emerald Isle. The flights were awesome, although I slept through most of it. A pile of lettuce with 1 slice of cucumber and a cherry tomato is not a salad.
Oops, off-topic. Anyway, we met with our tour guy, Damien, and he's a pretty nice feller. He helped us get settled in and he's giving us a city tour later.
Our room is overlooking the river Liffey, and they have a bridge that rotates to let the smaller ships come in. Literally right across the street from our room. We even have a deck to go out on and watch them. The Tall Ships Race was finished early, and there are some ships already waiting offshore for the festival to start Thursday. I'm so excited!!
I took some pictures today already, I'll have to upload them later tonight so y'all can see the.. clouds. Yup, that's what most of it is. Cloud banks.
Oh, just so you know, breakfast was the "Full Irish" this morning. Drool over this: Fried tomato halves, mushrooms, fried eggs, sausage, ham, and fried potatoes. I didn't eat though, I was sick from being up all night.
Which brings me to my closing statement: Nap time. Y'all have a good mornin. :)