From: Stephoni@cox.net
To: strephoni1.irelandinmay@blogger.com
Sent: 5/24/2008 8:39 PM
Subject: Trinity College & ireland vs. Serbia
It is 8 p.m. In Dublin on Saturday night, but my body is so confused! Our flight was easy and fun traveling with the McArthurs, and then the Poteets had arrived 2 hours before us and were waiting at our gate with the 9 passenger van that held 6 people and luggage -- barely. We navigated (with a few loops) to our Trinity Capital Hotel and then took off on foot for Trinity College.
Fish and chips, coffee and seafood chowder for €23 and then we entered the gates of Trinity to see the Book of Kells. I love the colors and the goldwork on those old -- ancient -- manuscrIpts. It was all in Latin and dated back to the 7th century. Saw the library and the commons - or what we would call the mall at SNU. It is finals week at Trinity and we passed thru a crowd of students waiting to get into the examination hall, on a Saturday, no less. They all seemed very smart but nervous ;-)
Also, in front of the chapel door there was a small wedding party taking photos after the ceremony. The mother of the bride had a huge bright green feather in her hair that matched her suit perfectly. The wedding gown and tuxedo looked very similar to those I see in the states.
And now, after walking from our hotel to Croke park, we are at the soccer game. I am pretty sure we are the only Americans here, and it is just as loud and spirited as you see and hear on TV. The horn blowing is insane, and I hope they don't bust out the cowbells. Most of the 65000+ peole here are wearing green jerseys or scarves. A lot of not-so-serious swearing, but God help the bloke on the field who lets the ball get past him. Mostly males, but some women with their small children are here.
The game calls, and I will post again soon. I am loving Dublin and the non-tall buildings. This stadium is the tallest thing in town and we are on the next to the top row. Jay is doing GREAT and after this trip he may be as taken with international travel as I am.
Ttfn
~slc
3 comments:
Glad you are having a good time. The soccer game sounds wonderful. You are only missing the usual tornadoes in Oklahoma. I'm jealous!
Sounds like fun..tell my parents i got to camp ok and am on a night off.
Hi guys: Your trip sounds wonderful and that you are having a fun time. We'll follow your journey and hopefully talk to you soon.
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