Done with Dublin...

Whew..... Hmmmm the last few days and nights in Dublin have come and gone very quickly. Let's see we spent Friday changing hotels and doing laundry. We decided to stay in on Friday night so that we could be ready for our big night on Saturday. On Saturday we took a really long slow walk to Phoenix Park to the Dublin Zoo. On the way we strolled through an open air market ,by the Old Jameson Whiskey Distillery, and into the National Museum of Ireland. We had a beautiful afternoon at the zoo. Lots of baby animals. They must have had a busy winter. We went back into the market on our way to the hotel and had a fabulous lunch of pita, humus, and falafel. DELICIOUS!!! That afternoon we got back together with our old friend Oliver. We headed on a drive outside of Dublin. We saw a beautiful rainbow over the ocean while we were on the Greystone Beach. Apparently they have really special sand there... On the way home Lynda got us a bit lost, but luckily Oliver had it all under control. I just love driving on those round-abouts. We should look into putting more of those in the states. Saturday night we went to a couple of bars with Oliver.... Again, I might have drank a bit much ....it was the cider beer. I love that stuff. The next morning we enjoyed a bit of a lie in (till like 11:00am). Then we called up Oliver and we were off and running again. Oliver and his girlfriend took us to Phoenix Park. We had a nice walk and then we went to another terrific open air market. Lynda and I took many samples of wine and cheese from the different foods around the world booths.... We also bought some of the best strawberries in the world!! Yummy! Latter that afternoon we went to Kilmainham Gaol (a prison). We took a very interesting tour and heard a lot of interesting stories, some sad. That evening we went to a pub in Oliver's neighborhood. We had a very filling meal and watched a hurling match. We then met up with some of Oliver's flat mates and other friends. They were hilarious. These Irish people are absolutely obsessed with the show "Dallas". Apparently one of the boys has actually been to the DFW area for a visit and was just devastated to find out that it was all just a big show. When JR was shot apparently the Irish got a group of lads together to head over to the states to hunt down the real killer. True stuff. I just know they would never lie to beautiful American girls. Oh... EXCEPT they are completely confused on one topic.... Apparently the Irish... seem to believe that Neil Armstrong never actually went to the mooooooooon...... Apparently it was all just a mooooovie... (Those boys had a BIG laugh at our sweet southern accents.) WHAT!!! Those silly silly boys.... named Oliver... Well that turned into a very very late night. Lynda and I got home in time for a few hours sleep before getting up and packing and then heading to the airport to catch our flight to London. Alas, we have arrived. We are in London tonight. Tomorrow we are headed out to start a whole new adventure!!!