Well.... hard to believe that this will be our last installment from Dublin - it just seems like yesterday that we were in Berlin.... [Sue got the Trinity Symbol Tattoo here in Dublin]
We ventured over to Kilkenny - which is quite a small town and is only 2 hours bus ride from Dublin. So we wandered the cobbled roads looking at historical buildings, listening to the local lingo ... lovely - we attempted to look up some of my relatives but with no success - as the local library was very small and public transport in kilkenny was non existant.. we managed to catch some info on the local hurling team, who were going to be playing in the Gaelic games semi final on Sunday in Dublin - so when we arrived back in Dublin the first thing we did was book our tickets to the match - and i've got to say that Hurling is one of the most exciting games i have ever seen - it's hard to describe - sort of a cross between hockey, soccer, lacrosse and polo [without the horse] Needless to say we had a great time - as a bonus we also saw a game of Gaelic Football - which is a bit like Aussie Rules and Soccer - but different - again great to see!
Just to top off our efforts to become the ultimate tourist , today, we took the Mary Griffin Bus trip out to Tara and NewGrange to see some fabulous historical sites - amazing history, scenery and sense of spirituality!! A bit of a different sense from the sporting day we had yesterday!
Well, time is getting away - we have had a wonderful time and are really... and i mean really looking forward to getting home - the comforts have been missed! After spending time over here i still reakon Australia is not bad - and believe me, i will never complain about the price of things again - if you look up "Dublin" in the dictionary the meaning is: double the price of everything and then add and extra 10% just to be sure!!!
thanks for watching this space..... see you when we are back home!
Meliss and Sue xxoo :)
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