Dublin Day Two
Tuesday is the second full day we have in Dublin. Both of us slept in until 8:45. Wow, that is late for us but I think we finally are on Dublin time. No breakfast today. Just coffee and tea in the room and then headed for the hop on hop off bus.
Our plan was to visit the two Anglican churches we saw from the bus yesterday. Our first stop was to visit Christ Church. It is located in the heart of the medieval city of Dublin. It is one of the finest buildings in the city. Founded by the Hiberno-Norse, it was rebuilt by the Anglo-Normans and extensively restored in the 1870's. The present building is a blend of the original 12th and 13th century material alongside recreated Victorian Gothic features.
Construction was started in 1030 under Dunan, the first bishop of Dublin and Sitrine Silkenbeard, the Norse King of Dublin.
We visited the Crypt also. I did not take any pictures of the crypt but if Bob took some, I will try and get them from him
Next we walked to St. Patrick's Cathedral. The present church was built around 1220. St. Patrick's Cathedral is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland, a member church of the Anglican Communion. As a side note, several years ago we visited this church on a Sunday and attended the service. After the service we were invited down for coffee in the Crypt. A strange location for coffee but we did enjoy speaking with the members. A great experience. Today the crypt was not opened.
Jonathan Swift if the most famous Dean ever associated with the Cathedral. He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral. During his time as Dean he preached many lengthy sermons dealing with social injustice.
An interesting side note, while in line to visit the Cathedral, we were asked by two ladies if we would take these two young boys with us. It seems students must be accompanied by adults. They were from Spain and spoke English and were well behaved. So we "adopted" them as our grandsons and got them into the Cathedral. I guess we are on CCTV if anything happened.
Back on the hop on hop off bus to take us to Dawson Street. This is a shopping street with a liquor store where we stopped and bought some small bottles of the local whiskey for us to enjoy in the room.
Stopped at the pub in the hotel basement for a pint of ale for me and stout for Bob and a bag of chips. My diet has taken a vacation too.
More on dinner later.
Our plan was to visit the two Anglican churches we saw from the bus yesterday. Our first stop was to visit Christ Church. It is located in the heart of the medieval city of Dublin. It is one of the finest buildings in the city. Founded by the Hiberno-Norse, it was rebuilt by the Anglo-Normans and extensively restored in the 1870's. The present building is a blend of the original 12th and 13th century material alongside recreated Victorian Gothic features.
Construction was started in 1030 under Dunan, the first bishop of Dublin and Sitrine Silkenbeard, the Norse King of Dublin.
We visited the Crypt also. I did not take any pictures of the crypt but if Bob took some, I will try and get them from him
Next we walked to St. Patrick's Cathedral. The present church was built around 1220. St. Patrick's Cathedral is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland, a member church of the Anglican Communion. As a side note, several years ago we visited this church on a Sunday and attended the service. After the service we were invited down for coffee in the Crypt. A strange location for coffee but we did enjoy speaking with the members. A great experience. Today the crypt was not opened.
Jonathan Swift if the most famous Dean ever associated with the Cathedral. He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral. During his time as Dean he preached many lengthy sermons dealing with social injustice.
An interesting side note, while in line to visit the Cathedral, we were asked by two ladies if we would take these two young boys with us. It seems students must be accompanied by adults. They were from Spain and spoke English and were well behaved. So we "adopted" them as our grandsons and got them into the Cathedral. I guess we are on CCTV if anything happened.
Back on the hop on hop off bus to take us to Dawson Street. This is a shopping street with a liquor store where we stopped and bought some small bottles of the local whiskey for us to enjoy in the room.
Stopped at the pub in the hotel basement for a pint of ale for me and stout for Bob and a bag of chips. My diet has taken a vacation too.
More on dinner later.
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