Dublin Part 4: Trinity College

We walked from St. Patrick's Cathedral to Trinity College, passing through downtown Dublin. There is lots of shopping there and many, many people. There are also people who stand in costumes and act like statues. They move when you least expect them to and startle tourists. It is very strange, and reminds me of something I saw at Disney World, but it's still cool. We met up with the SJU boys at Trinity and stood for a little while taking pictures of all the buildings.

The buildings on Trinity College campus are huge. They all look so old and majestic. There was a wedding going on in one of the buildings so everybody was standing around taking pictures. I saw a man in a kilt.

This is me standing under an arch at Trinity. The arch is extremely tall so I look tiny. The whole thing is not even pictured because it's so big. I am holding a Guinness bag full of goodies from the Guinness Factory gift shop.

Here is the rest of that arch I was standing under. There is a cross on top with some statues and a lot of designs in the stone.


The sky looks dark and threatening, but it did not rain the whole day! This is another building on the campus. There are also a lot of trees and green grass. It's a really beautiful place.

We went in to see the Book of Kells. There are signs everywhere saying that no one is allowed to take pictures so you'll have to come to Dublin yourself to see the Book of Kells. The Book is really cool and I'm glad I got to see it, but even better than that was the Long Room. The Long Room is just after the Book of Kells and it is a fantastic old library. The walls are lined with books from the ground to the ceiling. There are fancy ladders where one can imagine Trinity College's famous graduates scaling the towers of books. There are busts of all sorts of people. We were hardly allowed to touch anything, almost all of it is closed off. Again, this was a no picture zone.

Bonus! On our way back to the Brewery Hostel we detoured in to see Dublin Castle. The tours were finished running for the day but we got to take pictures of the outside. Like everything else, it is so pretty.


The outside of Dublin Castle. I like that rounded tower, I think it looks really cool.