We journeyed into Ireland's biggest city, Dublin. Our bus driver, Phil, drove us around showing us the sights. He would tell me (Mr. Wiener) about what we were driving by, and I would then tell everyone with the bus microphone. I was excited about pretending to be a city tour guide. I thought my Irish accent was pretty good, but was asked to speak normally.
We then visited Ireland's national treasure, the Book of Kells, in Dublin's "ivy league" college, Trinity College. This book is the world's best preserved illuminated manuscipt, and it is of the gospels. This book dates back to the 9th century. One of the original, illuminated pages we saw was the temptation of Jesus. We also walked through the long library that has 200,000 old books and rare books. It was bullt 300 years ago (and looks that way). We walked over to the Natural History Museum, affectionately known locally as the "dead zoo". It is filled with "stuffed" animals all from the Victorian area (late 1800s).
We spent the afternoon exploring Dublin, which meant walking around and shopping. We spent time on the famous Grafton Street. Some of us walked over to the Temple Bar area. This part of the city is dripping with historic Irish character: cobble stone streets, old buildings, quaint signs, planting boxes and colorful shops.
After dinner we had our last devotional time that included sharing memorable moments, reading Psalm 34 and prayer. We are sad to leave but also excited about returning home.
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