Ireland – Day 2 (Tuesday)
We were able to sleep in until 9 Dublin time. Just before we got up, members of Herma’s family from the US came in. She has a sister who lives in North Carolina with her husband and 4 children. I got a shower and was able to get dressed before meeting everyone. By the time I was ready, we got to chat for about an hr and then they needed to leave and make their way to their in-laws house to settle in. Morgan had gone back to sleep and didn’t want to get up to come out with us. She ended up staying home with Sarah for the day to get caught up on her sleep.
We caught the train again, with the help of Herma’s sister Valorie. She was heading home so she brought us to the train and showed us where to get off to meet up with Matt. We were on our way to lunch at an Irish pub to get some Pub Grub (as they call it). It is set up as a cafeteria style where you get your food in a line, and then go find a seat. Josh, Matt and I all got the “roast rib of beef” and Ginny got the pork loin. Marty got the fish and chips. Once you select your main meat then you can choose the sides. I got mashed potatoes and gravy with broccoli. The food was VERY good! Ginny gave Miina some mashed potatoes to taste and she seemed to like them.
From there, we went to Trinity college. That is where Herma went to school and graduated. It’s a beautiful old college where the “Book of Kells” is kept. It’s an old book that was transcribed in latin and contains the first 4 gosspels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). It shows how the scribes created the book and how they made the colors. It was very interesting. From there we went up the stairs to the “Long Room”, which was a huge library with manuscripts dating back to 300bc or older. They have some of the oldest books/manuscripts in the world.
After that we went to the art museum a few blocks away. It was very nice and very big. We needed to kill some time so we could meet up with Herma after she was done with work. We walked a few blocks to the same shopping area we were at the night before. We met Herma at a small cafe’ for some mocha and scones to catch up with her since Josh and I hadn’t seen her yet.
Herma needed to go and get some things done for the wedding and get ready for work the next morning so we headed home and Matt headed to his place. We took the train back to the Ryans’ house from downtown (City Center, as they call it). Sarah made roast chicken for dinner and it was very good.
Morgan had a great day with Sarah. They played around the house a bit, and then went to feed some ducks at a nearby pond. Morgan had a great time with that. Sarah asked Morgan to help prepare lunch and she made herself some little sandwiches. She also helped Sarah prepare dinner for us. I could tell when we got home that Morgan was a bit tired, but we’ll keep her up as much as we can so she sleeps better tonight.
Josh and I leave for London tomorrow, and the girls are staying home with Granddad, G.G. and Uncle Matt. They plan to go to the zoo and maybe run a few errands.
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