July 28, 2008 - Dublin Ireland to Cardiff Wales

Another travel day
Stopped at this airport cafe for coffee.

All these bottles were left just before rounding the corner for security check at the Dublin airport.

Just landed in Cardiff Wales

Luggage Carousel

Checking bus schedule from airport to Cardiff City Centre

Cardiff Castle

Photo taken on a walk in Cardiff

Dinner at Prezzo

City streets of Cardiff

July 27, 2008 - Galway to Dublin

Tea and cookies in our hotel room

Packed and off to the train station

Waiting in line to board the train for Dublin



On the train


Mother and her two daughters sat across from us on the train


Checked into our hotel room and headed to Trinity College to view The Book of Kells. The Book of Kells contains a lavishly decorated copy, in Latin, of the four gospels. It has long been associated with St Colum Cille (c 521-597) who founded his principal monastery on the island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland, in about 561. The Book of Kells was probably produced early in the 9th century by the monks of Iona, working wholly or partially at Iona itself or at Kells, county Meath, where they moved after 806 AD, when Iona was attacked by the Vikings in a raid which left sixty-eight monks dead. The Book of Kells was sent to Dublin around 1653 for reasons of security during the Cromwellian period. Photos taken around Trinity College.

















Took a walk down Grafton Street

Stopped for dinner at Bewley's


After dinner, continued our walk through the streets of Dublin















Street performers in Dublin