Dublin is such a fun city filled with history, mystery and legend. We are big fans of walking tours, and were delighted to find another Sandeman’s Free City Tours here in the capital city of . For today it was Dublin. Our guide Kiel was knowledgeable, interesting and funny.
One of our first stops, Dublin Castle, which doesn’t look much like a traditional castle from the entrance. What is unique however, is that lady justice has her eyes open. Apparently that it very rare.
Another view of the castle that has more of a traditional castle feel to it.
Like most cities of the time, Dublin had a wall surrounding it. Here Melissa stands in from a portion of the wall.
We also had a bit of historical fun during out tour. In this photos, our guide had us huddle together as a demonstration of how the Vikings slept in the winter to keep warm.
We didn’t go into the buildings, just the courtyard of Trinity College. A few of the famous alumni incude Johnathan Swift, Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde.
Temple Bar is the nightlife area. As we were here during the day, and with our tween and teen, we just had tea. But if I were younger, and single, this is where I would be hanging out at night.
Lucky us, we got to see the President of Ireland. He just happened to be walking on the footpath as we were passing Parliament. OK, not my best photo, but still pretty cool.
Are you a fan of city walking tours? Have you been to Dublin?
All photos on this page © Rhonda Albom 2012
Cool!
And fun 🙂
Cool, you have got to see so much fun stuff.
The free tours are fantastic,
I’m glad you didn’t skip Dublin.
Me too.
Dublin is a fun city. When we were there you could walk into almost any bar and someone would be playing some kind of music on an impromptu ad hoc basis just because they felt like it
I love the music here, although my new favorite is the Scottish music.