{"id":69,"date":"2013-06-29T19:31:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T02:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/dublin\/?p=69"},"modified":"2019-09-15T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T15:37:17","slug":"day3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funoftravel.com\/dublin\/day3\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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8 am\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>breakfast\u00a0Lanyon\u2019s Restaurant<\/a>
\nTraditional ingredients in a full Irish Breakfast are bacon rashers, sausages, fried eggs, white pudding, black pudding, toast, fried tomato. Sauteed mushrooms are sometimes included, as well as baked beans, liver (this popularity has declined), brown soda bread. Beverage may be a strong Irish breakfast tea (such as Barry’s Tea, Lyons Tea, Bewley’s breakfast blend) often served with milk. Fried potato farl, boxy or toast is sometimes served as a brown soda bread alternative. We look over choices but stay with tried and true \u2013 juice, yogurt, fruit, eggs with bacon and strong coffee.<\/p>\n

9 am<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0tour\u00a0Trinity College<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Library<\/a>
\nDublin’s most famous tourist attraction,\u00a0Trinity College\u00a0(also known as the\u00a0University of Dublin) sits proudly on extensive grounds right in the center of the\u00a0city on College Green. Queen Elizabeth I established the college on the grounds of an old Augustinian Priory.\u00a0Now more than 400 years old, it is Ireland’s oldest\u00a0university and today ranked as one of the world’s top 50 universities.<\/p>\n

A student guides us around the grounds and traces the history of each building and every tree. The formal dining hall has walls lined in paintings of people important to the history of the college. White linen on tables, maroon linen covers chairs \u2013 not your usual college cafeteria. The science building\u2019s interior has a Moorish flavor. Many different marbles were used to create the arches and staircase.<\/p>\n

Despite architectural riches built over four centuries and the magnificent grounds, the college is most famous for the Book of Kells, an amazingly ornate illuminated manuscript in Latin that monks inked by hand as many as 1,200 years ago. The Berkeley Library is the repository for the \u201cBook\u201d as well as over 5,000,000 other books and priceless manuscripts. The Berkeley Library\u2019s Long Room is thrilling, playful and delightful to see. The space is huge, arched, with open galleries on two floors. A white marble bust placed at the evenly spaced dark wood of the arches creates a dramatic visual rhythm. Interesting exhibit tables fill the center.<\/p>\n

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11 am<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0visit\u00a0Book of Kells<\/a>
\nThe exhibit\u00a0queue is not very long but it is really warm today and we\u2019ve forgotten our sunscreen. Once inside photos are not allowed. The 9th century \u201cBook\u201d has it\u2019s own room. The workmanship is unbelievable! Colors and gold still bright, lines clear. The skin of 182 animals provided the vellum for the \u201cBook. Turning Darkness into Light explains the background story of the famous gospel manuscript. Knowing Latin would be handy right now. Other important manuscripts are also on display in this area.<\/p>\n

1 pm\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>lunch\u00a0Avoca Cafe<\/b><\/a>
\nOnce through Trinity College main gate the world changes immediately. Behind the stone wall it is tranquil. Now local noontime activity – bikers, walkers, shoppers, tourists, buses surround us. It\u2018s a short walk to Avoca – a family business with 12 locations across Ireland – described as a mixture of Heal\u2019s for homeware, Selfridgres Food Hall, Betty\u2019s tea rooms, Ghost for womenswear and Daisy & Tom for kids clothes and toys\u2026laid out as though you were looking around the house of a friend with very good taste. Avoca Pantry has take-home ready foods, tins and jars of food, and gift type items. Avoca\u2019s Nest features homewares – \u00a0soaps, perfumes, ceramics, kid\u2019s stuff, fashions, and heaps more. Displays are colorful, enticing and fun.<\/p>\n

There are 7 floors with the Caf\u00e9 on the second floor. Its bustling but we find a small table and order lunch. The light-filled room is like a country home. Dessert is displayed among bountiful live bouquets. Yum for both food and flowers. Staff very friendly, service prompt, guests probably \u201cregulars\u201d. Excellent choice for lunch.<\/p>\n

2:30 pm<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0enjoy the Dublin sights
\nSlowly we stroll back to the Davenport through the scenic historic Georgian area noticing the doorways, brasses and chimneys. Elegant Merrion Square, with its attractive public park, retains much of its Georgian character. Plaques on the walls of the mansions recall famous occupants \u2013 Daniel O\u2019Connell and W.B. Yeats.\u00a0Back at the Davenport we rest up for our evening ahead at the Gaiety Theatre.<\/p>\n

5:30 pm<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0dinner Bewley’s Caf\u00e9<\/a> on Grafton Street
\nBewley\u2019s, a Dublin institution since opening in 1927, played a part in the literary, cultural, artistic, architectural and social life of the city.\u2028\u2028 It\u2019s pedigree places it on the tourist circuit so we decide to have dinner here before the theatre. We\u2019re seated on the main level near the beautiful Harry Clarke stained glass windows surrounded by magnificent mahogany furnishings and marble sculptures that take us back to an earlier more elegant time. Our Seafood Chowder order is served with brown bread, freshly baked in the Caf\u00e9 Bakery. Our fillet of fresh cod, prepared in beer batter, comes with side salad, home fries, tartar sauce and wedge of lemon. \u00a0Not wide menu choices but food is well prepared, served promptly by friendly staff. Coffee menu is to die for. Teas, blended by Bewley\u2019s, are not available elsewhere. \u00a0We linger over after dinner drinks and order from the very large dessert menu.<\/p>\n

7:30 pm\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>attend\u00a0Birdsong<\/a>\u00a0play at Gaiety Theatre<\/a>
\nFor 138 years the Gaiety has given the people of Dublin opera, musicals, drama, reviews, comedy, concerts, dance, festivals and pantomime. We see the Irish premiere of Birdsong; adapted from the critically acclaimed novel by Sebastian Faulks.\u00a0\u201dIn pre-war France, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with his host\u2019s wife, Isabelle Azaire.\u00a0As civil unrest mounts and war breaks in on the idyll of his former\u00a0life, Stephen finds he must now lead his men through the carnage of the Battle of the Somme and the sprawling tunnels that lie deep underground. Faced with unprecedented horror, the war-hardened\u00a0Stephen clings to the shrinking memory of Isabelle as his world explodes around him.\u201d It\u2019s a very fine production. The casting, special effects, directing and set all came together to create a superb theatre experience.<\/p>\n

stay<\/span> <\/strong>Davenport Hotel<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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