This weekend was technically our second one here, but it was our first weekend since really getting accustomed to being in Ireland. And because James was here, we decided we would do a really touristy weekend to get more familiar with Dublin and everything it had to offer. On Friday we went to the Guinness Storehouse (hopefully you got to see
what I wrote about that experience). Saturday morning James, Kendra and I had planned on going on a Viking bus tour, but they were all booked so we decided to do one of the regular city bus tours. And we were not disappointed!
The tour was great and had an pre-recorded tour guide who was programmed to be friendly and easy to understand. We got a grand tour of Dublin on the nicest day since we've been here. Below are some pictures from our tour!
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| There are lots of cool bridges in Dublin. A Civil Engineer's dream. |
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| Bridges and beer: the real Civil Engineer's dream. |
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| The Spire: the tallest "sculpture" in the world. |
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| Roman gods watching over the streets of Dublin. |
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| Constantly saying "Do you even know how to drive?!" |
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| O'Connell Street, the main street in Dublin. |
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| O'Connell himself, with people and angels on the base of his statue. EPIC. |
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| Who doesn't like a good column? |
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| And this is... that one old building. They're kinda starting to blur together now. |
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| Ivy that is literally older than the United States. |
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| Churches on churches. |
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| Churches so big, they need bridges! |
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| And two pictures. |
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| Only now am I realizing how many cathedral pictures I took. |
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Let's mix it up with some modern buildings! This used to be a hospital and is now a museum.
Or the other way around. |
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| Such a cliche castle. |
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| This is their new criminal court! Rather intimidating. |
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That's a phoenix on top there, in case you couldn't see it.
Also, you might need glasses. |
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The Dublin version of the White House.
But actually though, this is where the Irish President lives. |
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This is a memorial of the Battle of Waterloo, and the plaques on the base are made of melted-down cannon balls
FROM THAT BATTLE. |
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| And one more bridge for good measure. |
That's nuts, I didn't know ivy could be that old....is it really? Also... dat church bridge. Is the coolest.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good question! I tried looking it up and I couldn't find how long it lives for. I'm glad someone is paying attention!
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