Saturday, June 21, 2008

Day 4 - Dublin - Ireland

We were all forced against our will to wake up a tad bit earlier. More time in the bus. A sightseeing tour of Dublin. Some of the things we saw included St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College and the Book of Kells. We also got some free time in Dubin to grab lunch and walk the streets. After our 3 hour bus tour, Sr. Maria joined us on the bus and we took a drive to Dundalk. Dundalk is a city where Louisville's sister school is located. It was interesting to hear how things are done on this side of the world. St. Louis' all girls school of Dundalk looks just slightly different from Woodland Hills. Besides the cows on the hills and the castle at the center of campus, the atmosphere just felt like that of Louisville. The Louisville emblem was near and “Dieu Le Vieu” and “Ut sint unum” never ceased to remind me of home. Even though we are 6000 miles away, we share a sisterhood. Dinner this night is in a restaurant called Dublincity and we take the “Lewis” (metro) back to the apartments. Our last day in Ireland was one for the books.

1 comments:

Mr. Gillen said...

Hey guys! Mrs. Gillen discovered your blog yesterday! Very cool. My grandmother came over from Ireland back in 1902, but I've never been there.
Our family has done lots of ferry trips from Cape Cod to Nantucket and we loved every minute of each trip. I also took a ferry trip from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island in Canada during the tail end of a hurricane. Lots of stormy weather but it was great!
Enjoy the days to come. Bring home lots of pictures and maybe even some video, if you can.
Love,
Mr. Gillen