Ireland Day 2

So after our good night of rest we woke up early (surprised?) and headed out for Dublin again. We hopped on the train from Park West to Heuston station (Dublin) and got our traditional scones, coffee and yogurt. Afterwards we headed out to the St. Andrews cathedral and walked around the park. I noticed one serious thing that Valencia doesn't have, grass. Because it's a big city, there is concrete everywhere, no yards. They have soccer fields but they're made of turf. St. Andrews had a huge place where we camped out and talked for around an hour or so. It felt nice to sit on cool grass during a sunny day in Dublin. We had two missions for the day, Trinity College (gonna get our education on) and Acapulco. After we hung out a St. Andrews cathedral (I don't know much about it besides they have well manicured lawns) we headed out to Trinity College. The campus was beautiful. It was set up so well, a small and intimate. Trinity College besides being scenic, had a tourist attraction; the Book of Kells. It was another self guided tour that we got to learn all about the Book of Kells. About.com says "The book of Kells is a stunningly beautiful manuscript containing the four Gospels. It is Irelands most precious medieval artifact, and is generally considered the finest surviving illuminated manuscript to have been produced in midieval Europe." It was cool to see but at the end of the day, it's just a really nice decorated book. The library on the other hand at the end of the tour was beautiful. Photo's were prohibited (No I didn't take any) so you'll just have to use your imagination. After Trinity College we headed out to Acapulco, the mexican restaurant in town we heard was amazing. As most people think, Spanish food equals Mexican. They don't have burritos, chimichangas, tacos or gorditas (it's a Taco Bell item). Spanish food is unspiced for the most part and honestly somewhat bland. Acapulco for the lunch menu was extremely reasonably priced and I was able to get my spicy food fix for the semester finally. Afterwards we headed out around the town looking at the rest of the touristy sights. We stopped at a chocolate shop to get a bit of dessert (I had a chocolate mousse cheese cake) that was amazing. It was cheap too, so another score for a broke college kid. There were only a few sights left to see, including the Spire. It's in the middle of the street, it's a few hundred feet tall and the nickname is "the erection in the section". Think of a needle, like 300 feet in the sky. They put it in for the millennium and it cost 5 million euro. Honestly I think the Irish might have been drinking that day the idea got passed. "Frank, what was the best idea you could come up with for this millennium?" "Ermmm, well I figured we could just supersize a needle." "Brilliant, Frank, Briliant! And what will we call it?" "The erection in the section" "I couldn't have said it better myself, you deserve to be promoted." After the spire we were pretty worn out and wanted to head back to the hotel for a nap and then head back to go to a local pub and get to know the locals. We all were exhausted and instead of catching the last train home we ordered pizza and had a few pints with the locals around the hotel.

Day two Pics. These were borrowed from Ryan Miller. I forgot my camera. So I boosted some.