Today was a good day.
Well first want to say a big congratulations to Ireland for
having passed the referendum for equality. That is a big deal and is certainly
a big piece of history that we get to experience while we are here.
Following this we took a bus tour of Dublin. I enjoyed being
able to see the outer parts of the city. Walking around does not give us the
whole view of the beautiful city that is Dublin. However we did stop at one point to look at the Famine memorial. It can be said that we feel the sorrow that the Irish have felt and while standing there I was wondering what it would have been like to live through this and I can feel some of the sorrow that the Irish must feel. But I would never be able to feel the true sadness they did while dealing with this Great Hunger, as they refer to it. I thought that all of the
tributes in the architecture that they had were really cool. The fact that they
each have a specific purpose or even that all of the old buildings are being
turned into new ones is just very cool and something we don’t see very often in
the states. Following the bus tour we went to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I
thought that the architecture was beautiful and some of the history inside of
it was even more remarkable. They have the “Door of Reconciliation” for example
that was used to create peace between two different warring groups and they
have that displayed. I also fell in love with the organ loft and the organ. 
We started the day off at Trinity college where I got to see
the famous Book of Kells! It was just as amazing as everyone had told me.
However what people did not tell me about would be the long room following the
actual Book of Kells. First let me just say though the Book of Kells was super
interesting. I think it was really cool how all of the symbols lined up and how
the scriptures were portrayed. The long room though like I said was my favorite
part. Seeing one of the first copies of “Harry Potter”, “The Hobbit”, and “The
Hunger Games”, plus many more was just super interesting. The research they had
to do to correlate all of those titles into specific categories was just really
interesting. Plus one of the only remaining harps left in Ireland was also
really fascinating and beautiful. My appreciation for it was of course very
high.
Following this we took a bus tour of Dublin. I enjoyed being
able to see the outer parts of the city. Walking around does not give us the
whole view of the beautiful city that is Dublin. However we did stop at one point to look at the Famine memorial. It can be said that we feel the sorrow that the Irish have felt and while standing there I was wondering what it would have been like to live through this and I can feel some of the sorrow that the Irish must feel. But I would never be able to feel the true sadness they did while dealing with this Great Hunger, as they refer to it. I thought that all of the
tributes in the architecture that they had were really cool. The fact that they
each have a specific purpose or even that all of the old buildings are being
turned into new ones is just very cool and something we don’t see very often in
the states. Following the bus tour we went to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I
thought that the architecture was beautiful and some of the history inside of
it was even more remarkable. They have the “Door of Reconciliation” for example
that was used to create peace between two different warring groups and they
have that displayed. I also fell in love with the organ loft and the organ. 
After that we came back to the hostel relaxed and then went
to dinner and returned and am just relaxing for the night. Tomorrow we travel
to Belfast!
Until then.
P.S. I won't lie: tonight I am feeling the effects of being home sick and it is not fun. If you are reading this feel free to send me a message about what is happening around you back in the states! I would love to hear what you are doing too. 
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