Ireland

Robert had a board meeting in Dublin in mid-March, which gave Gray and I an excuse to go on vacation. We arrived early in the morning and spent our first day north of Dublin looking at battlefields and ancient tombs.


While Robert was in his meetings Gray and I toured Dublin, including feeding pigeons in St. Stephen's Green.


If Gray's favorite part of our trip to Italy was the gelato then his favorite part of this trip was getting to sit at the bar in the pubs. The bar tenders thought it was weird when we told him he was so excited because he wouldn't be allowed to sit at the bar in The States (no worries, nobody tried to serve him a Guiness).


Going to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College.


When Robert finished his work we headed south and stayed in the castle town of Kilkenny (pronounced kill-kenny as was clarified for me by the customs inspector, and yes, many south park jokes were cracked during our stay).


One day we drove to the south coast to Waterford and took a tour of the Waterford factory. We watched them blow and engrave the glass and Gray got to smash a couple of rejected pieces.


Another day we drove to the Rock of Cashel and toured the castle there.


This trip was great fun but there was so much of Ireland that we didn't get to see that we definately want to go back. We had great weather but I would love to see Ireland later in the spring when it is really green.