Dublin—Wednesday

April 10th

We didn't have any plans for the day so we took our time, oversleeping a bit, but made up for it by strolling through Trinity College campus before visiting the National Museum. After that, we visited St. Stephen's Green, poked around Stephen's Green Shopping Center, and returned to Dublin Castle Gardens (missed it yesterday) and along city lanes, soaking up the energy and architecture on our way back to our hotel where I worked on the April 9th blog.

At 7:30PM we headed over to The Voyager again where we enjoyed a delicious bowl of veg soup (pureed with a touch of curry) and brown bread We did a little over 7 miles today, but it didn't seem like it.

[My editor suggested to remind you that the blog is our personal record of our travels, so for some readers, what I covered may seem excessive.]

The name of this store cracked me
up, because it seemed appropriate
after Monday's monsoon.

The streets are busy, busy, busy.

Gnarled trees at Trinity College.

Soccer field at Trinity College. There
are two side-by-side and what a
luxury seeing how the College
is in the center of Dublin.

Leaving campus on our way to the
National Museum to gawk at art.

Isn't that usually how these things begin?

At the National Gallery of Ireland we started here (see below) and jumped to Irish Art, past and present. I took pictures of pieces we liked along with the narrative about them. You can enlarge the picture and description if you want to know more about each piece.

The dog immediately caught our eye.

This is the whole painting. The dog is on the right.

Yep, just one room after another filled
with paintings by Irish artists.

Didn't catch the name of this sculpture.

This gives you an idea of the scale
of the room. The sculpture was in
this anteroom on the way to an 
Irish exhibition entitled Original
Sins. Pretty impressive.

The paintings are exhibited in this room.

You can see the scale of the canvas  
paintings displayed along the walls
of this great ballroom.

Stained glass rooster.

Be sure to read this description about
the painting to the left and below.

And the Irish art just keeps going,
and going, and.... The carvings
around and between each doorway
are stately to say the least.

See what I mean about the doorway

carvings  between each gallery?

Making our way down to the main
floor and back out to the street.

This guy was feeding and petting a
squirrel at the "Green". The seagull
and pigeons looked on jealously.

"Pigeon man" at St. Stephen's Green
and Grafton Street.

St. Stephen's Village Shopping Center.

On our way to Dublin Castle Gardens.
I love the colorful pubs and shops.

Be sure to read this description and the one below.

Dignitaries land their helicopter here.

Memorial Garden entrance.

The Chapel Royal at the Dublin
Castle. There has been a chapel at
this location since 1242.
(https://www.dublincastle.ie/the-
chapel-royal/)

Dublin Castle Gate Guard House.

Dublin City Hall from Dublin Castle Gate.

Dublin City Hall rotunda.

Mosaic below the rotunda.

Just another colorful pub and,

another colorful shop, and

another. This pub is famous.

I mentioned in my first post that our hotel, Wren Urban Nest, is eco-friendly. These two plaques explain its commitment to net zero.