Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Dublin

I don't know why my Garenin post finally published. It was the first one I wrote.

Now back to our current days.

Dublin is vibrant and busy city, a great place to wander and enjoy. We visited the Dublin Castle, Trinity College and its Book of Kells, Temple Bar (Dublin's version of Paris' Left Bank), and the James Joyce Cultural Center. Dublin has a great light rail system. And even though it drizzled from time to time, the sun came out often enough to dry off between showers. So this is Ireland.

Doug is standing with James Joyce who is a large presence in his hometown. Doug can lay claims to having read Ulysses in its painstaking entirety.

Trinity College's old library has an impressive and wonderful reading room. And the Book of Kells is awe-inspiring. To think of the monks sitting in their cold and dreary scriptorium and copying the four gospels is mind-boggling. The calligraphy and the artwork is worth seeing -- even if you only see one page and its in a crowded room and no photos allowed. I'm grateful someone managed to save it from the marauding Vikings.

Finally I have to show the post box. It may have been painted an Irish green, but it still sports the English crown and King Edward's initials.

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