Two Orange Mint Orbitz gum pieces to blow bubbles with and I'm good to go with some downtime, some internet time: A BLOG FROM IRELAND!

This morning, MATT JOINED US! We are so happy to see him and to trek all over the country with him!

After Matt crashed with a much deserved rest, Tracey and I went walking about 10 minutes to Trinity College (Dublin's big college - 15,500 students, but only 600 live on campus) very small campus! We toured it b/c it holds the Book of Kells which is one of the original Irish translations of the 4 gospels. VERY COOL! Like from the 7th century.

So as soon as Matt gets rested up we plan to go to the Guiness Factory tour and museum. Neat old posters and ads to enjoy! So far one of the best things on the trip has been finding some vintage postcards in Switzerland! They were reprints but STILL SO AWESOME!

Later tonight we'll eat dinner at a pub and enjoy live music like we did last night! It was so cool - I think I told you that already :) An acoustic guitar, accordion, and some smaller banjo type thing.

Tomorrow we'll get the car we have rented for the whole 1 and 1/2 weeks (really cheaper than renting in America) and Matt will drive us all around the country! YES! We are so excited to see the entire round about coast! Starting north to Northern Ireland and Belfast, then all the way around the country.

So there you have the plan, now here's the impression:

Dublin - bustling and great!
People are busy moving and working and touring - so many tour buses
This town is a lot bigger than I thought
We are enjoying every second of Dublin, but we know we will love the countryside
HIKING!
This hostel is run like a college, nice though, spread out lots of room and lounging options - like internet and phone and tv
I already lost this blog once due to "bolding" erasing it! :)
Many streets are cobblestone, many horse drawn carriages (for tourist trapping, but cool!)
It took 165 baby calves' skin treated with ammonia for the pages of the Book of Kells!
When scribes messed up in translating the Book of Kells, or any scribing, they just turned it into a decoration or drawing!
No cricket or rugby! The Irish wanted to be different than England by having hurling and Irish football - hurling baseball and hockey mixed. Such rough sports ideas!
Today Tracey and I read a page from a funny "Spelling Book" - Short Stories of good and bad boys and girls in words of one syllable only. From the Trinity library, HA! I want a copy of it!

Good boys brush their hair.
Good girls are neat and clean.

More to blog!