Dublin

After all the fun in Galway we returned to Dublin for one day before returning to Denmark... We were both pretty tired and it is not the most special city in Europe but it was nice. We took the free tour which was fun, informative and the tour guide was really awesome. We got to see the sights like the royal "castle" and city hall, Christchurch, O'Connell street, Temple Bar, Temple University etc. Below are some pictures of what we saw. We only had one day in Dublin because we had to get up at the crack of dawn to get to the airport and repeat the crazy trip back home. Luckily there was no rushing and we took the bus from the Arhus airport. However it was super hot in Denmark on that day so the train ride was like living in a moving oven. But by 6:30 we were safely back at my apartment.

Picture tour of Dublin:

City Hall, now it is more of a museum but it used to run the city of Dublin and therefore really the country of Ireland

The "castle" and royal apartments

The Royal Church, attached to the apartments so they do not even need to go outside...

"The nicest Helicopter pad in the world" no seriously it is, but it is also the way Dublin got its name. It is where an underground river came up and created a pool of mud and water. The ground was always black from the mud at this place and so it got the name "Blackpoole" which in Gaelic was translated to Duvlin which became Dublin overtime

One part of Christchurch, it was perhaps too big to capture in one picture

The Temple Bar at Temple Bar

Temple Bar, a young vibrant community of musicians etc. The place where U2 grew up became famous and inspired so many others to do the same

O'Connell Street one of the main thoroughfares in Dublin

The library at Temple University, home to the Book of Kells

Irish Parliament is now in a house that used to be owned by a very bold Earl who built his house on the other side of the river(Dublin is split north south by a river)  from all the other wealthy nobles and then caused a shift of power an wealth to the area surrounding his house...