The Adventure Continues, Dublin, Part Two

Friday morning arrived, and we were in a hurry to get our sightseeing on. So much to see and do!
Our itinerary was as follows:

1. A stroll through St. Stephens Park, a beautifully landscaped oasis in the middle of Dublin.
   
2. A visit to Trinity College, established in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth. Here, we wanted to see the college grounds, the Old Library seen here , and the Book of Kells (an 8th century book of gospels illustrated by monks with juice from insects and plants that's quite remarkable) seen here . It was a beautiful place indeed.
   
3. Dublin Castle (a lovely building but sadly surrounded by parking lots and ugly glass office buildings)
4. Guinness Brewery and its famous skyview bar with 360 views of Dublin
5. the Dublin Pub Nightlife.
   

We were quite successful with these exploits, and you can view the photographic evidence here on my picasa web page http://picasaweb.google.com/laura.ingram/Dublin