Dublin: Day 1--Trinity College & the Book of Kells

We arrived in Dublin on Wednesday morning, July 29th. We took the city bus from the airport to our hostel, The Abraham House. We had to wander around a bit and ask directions a few times but we finally arrived...

...our room wasn't going to be ready for a couple more hours, so we put our luggage in the "luggage closet" and headed off to see a bit of Dublin. Yes, we had been up for over 24 hours...and since we had some rowdy teenagers on our flight over, I didn't get a lot of sleep!

We headed off to see Trinity College. Trinity College is Dublin's oldest university, founded in the 1500s and it was great fun to walk around the campus and snap some photos!

Anne-Marie and I attempting to look
studious at the Trinity College entrance!

Walking around the campus! I love the stone paths!

Old buildings...I love 'em! And I love the sky in this one, too!

This is one of my favorites from the trip!

While at Trinity College, we went to see the Book of Kells. What is the book of Kells, you ask? Well, to keep it simple, it is essentially illustrated manuscripts that include the four gospels, all written in Latin and transcribed by Celtic monks a really, really, really long time ago! You can see pictures and more history HERE.

After Trinity College, we were all fading fast so we stopped for a sandwich at a local bakery and headed back to our hostel. We took a nap....then made a grocery trip to Tescos for some dinner preparation.

A pic from Anne-Marie's phone
of Melissa and I cooking dinner!

Then, we headed to our room and did some planning for the next day....



...and then did a wee bit of gabbing...



...before finally hitting the hay!

Day One...the end!!