Sightseeing in Dublin - Day 2, part 1

The convention would start on Thursday, so on Wednesday we had time for some sightseeing.


First we found a place to have breakfast.
I had hot chocolate and an egg sandwich.


Then we walked towards the city center.
We spotted a couple of beautiful churches along the way.




We found St. Stephen's Green.
It's a park in the center of the city. We had to explore it of course.






This statue is called famine and I think it's in remembrance of the big Potato Famine in the Nineteenth Century (1845-1850)

After visiting the park we went in search for Trinity College, because we wanted to see the library and the book of Kells.


I spotted this statue of a guy named Baron Plunket!


We found Trinity College and sat down for a drink. There was a really long line of people wanted to get tickets to see the book of Kells. Luckily we got tickets online.


Cool owl sign!


There was a exhibition on the book of Kells.
This shows how people used quills to write in the past.


An old book.
Not the book of Kells though.


I found information about animals in the book of Kells!

We weren't allowed to take pictures of the book of Kells, because if someone would use a flash it might damage the book.
The book is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and from the early ninth century. It's very beautiful!


Next we got to see the library of Trinity College.
It was really beautiful and impressive.






I wouldn't mind having a library like this.




Another Plunket!
I wonder if he's the same Plunket or a relative.


Coming next: More sightseeing