Dublin

Bittersweet - our last day.  A little sleep-in was good for everyone.  We enjoyed a continental breakfast along with the atmosphere in the hostel.  Since we only had a short day in Dublin and Aidan had a sprained ankle we decided to do a double decker bus tour of the city.  Being centrally located, we just had a short walk to the end of the square to catch the tram that took us downtown to catch the sight seeing bus. There were many people out and about and a good lot of them dressed in yellow and blue jersey's in support of the Dublin Hurling Team.  We really had no idea what to expect from Dublin.  Its population is about 1.4 million so not much bigger than Edmonton.  The downtown area we were in was very nice with wide streets, many of which were closed off to traffic.  So although it was busy, you didn't feel pushed along like you do in London.  The tour was funny, informative and relaxing and we got off just in time to get to a pub for an early supper and catch some of the much anticipated Hurling match.  The waitress in the pub was from Montreal and was taking a break from school, working and traveling.

Inside the Generator Hostel

Smithfield Square

I think they've grown

Guiness

A Wee Leprechaun

Candy Anyone?

Aidan was absolutely done and just wanted to go back to the hostel, but Keeghan was a little loathe for the trip to end and wanted to poke around a little more.  So Dave took Keeghan and Cael back to check out a few more shops and the rest of us headed back to the hostel.  We got packed, booked our cab for 6:30am and got everything in order for the journey home the next day.