Dublin - the day after

First of all, a big thank you to all of you who wished Adrian a Happy Birthday. You are a lovely bunch of people!

 

Our day in Dublin was great!

• 10 am flight from Gatwick; we were in Dublin (city centre) by 12:15 pm and had 5 hours to spend in town
• it was sunny but chilly, with big, white clouds travelling fast in the blue sky
• we had a nice walk along the river Liffey up to Smithfield square. We planned to go up the observation tower (an old chimney that used to belong to the nearby Jameson distillery) to admire the view but sadly it was closed for maintenance
• then we walked along the south bak of the Liffey up to Temple Bar, the TrinityCollege and finally to St. Stephen's Green
• the afternoon tea at the Shelbourne was superb and relaxed; great food, and lovely setting with live piano music in the background
• flight back at 6:55 pm and we got home just before 9:30 pm

 We didn’t do any real sightseeing (as we didn’t have the time and we had been before) but I took plenty of pictures (I’ll post some at the week-end).