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| River Liffey |
We had left the dramatic,
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| one of many Dublin churches |
beautiful natural scenery of the anchorage at Oban and woke up the next morning
to be amongst the heavily, industrialised dock area of Dublin quay. We had docked on time and the weather was
dry, cool with sun and cloud. We breakfasted
and joined our
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| Mr Guinness helped build Cathedral! |
city tour coach excursion at 0900. The guide was a
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| Celtic cross in cathedral |
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| Phoenix Gardens |
typical jolly Irishman who
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| Cathedral altar |
described the various famous buildings, parks and personnel as wended our
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| Cathedral nave |
way
on either bank of the River Liffey. We
stopped for some time at St Patrick’s Cathedral had a tour and met the
dean. The cathedral was impressive with
an effective WW1 memorial sculpture. We
then had some free time and we went for a coffee in a local shop where a jazz
band was playing.
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| Part of Guinness brewery |
We had the option of staying
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| Jeannie Johnston emigration ship replica |
in the city and catching a shuttle bus back to the boat or going straight back
to the boat which is the option we chose.
Our overall impression was that Dublin is not a city we would rush back
to visit – our guide was excellent but we are not really city people and Dublin
did not have a particular appeal. It was
1330 by now and we had a light lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon
relaxing, reading and blogging.
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