Ithaca College’s London program has its fall break, so Chris and I have used the extra time to explore Ireland. We flew to Dublin on a Sunday afternoon, hours before Hurricane Ophelia was due to strike the island. Where we were it ended up being just a windy day, but we hunkered down in the pub and had REO Speedwagon’s “Riding the Storm Out” stuck in our head for hours.
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- They’ve got the whole world in their feet.
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- Lovely Georgian doors.
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- Hurricane Ophelia from our hotel window.
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- Riding the storm out.
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- Trinity College, Dublin. Book of Kells is housed here.
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- a representation from the Book of Kells
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- the Long Room, 65 meters long and filled with 200,000 old books.
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- an Oregon maple tree in the Trinity College quad
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- a little Molly Malone admiring the Molly Malone statue
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- looking westard up the River Liffey about 10am
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- Ha’penny Bridge
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- Christ Church Cathedral, whose origins date here to about 1000 AD
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- floor tiles in Christ Church
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- inside Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
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- St. Patricks
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- Tasting from tiny glasses.
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- 7th floor of the Guiness building, a circular bar looking over the city.
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- Eastward down the River Liffey about 7pm
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