This year Mom Camp set off across the pond one more time. This year we took advantage of the cheap Euro and made our way to Ireland.
Hello cold weather and shamrocks!
Day 1: On arrival, it was off to the races. I am a believer in never giving into jet lag. No rest for the weary!
We hit Dublin Castle and saw the underground Norman Castle section of the old place.
We went to Christ Church as well as St. Patrick’s and walked the old Viking portion of the city.
Next stop was a little shopping for father-son matching Irish caps.
The final experience of the day was a visit to the book of Kells.
Day 2: We took a walk to the famous Kilmainham Goal. The jail held prisoners who stole nothing more than a loaf of bread during the famine as well as the Irish rebels from the 1916 rising. We saw their cells and the place they were shot.
Next, we had lunch in Temple Bar and walked around the area. A stroll through St. Stephen’s Green followed. Cinco made the observation that it seemed a lot like St. James Park in London. I had to agree.
At the National Museum of Archeology we entountered ET…
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