Day 21, June 18 - We're Lublin Dublin

We awoke in London a little before 4am because our flight was at 7am. We took a taxi down to Heathrow and went right on through. The flight was about 50 minutes long... Gee I wish the flight back home could be so short. Once we landed, we grabbed our bags and bought bus tickets that were good for 3 days. We hopped on the Airlink Express Bus system that would drop us off around the corner from our hotel. Once we got to our hotel, our room wasn't ready yet, so we dropped our bags off and set off! First, we had brunch at an awesome place down the street called Elephant and Castle. It was SO good. Our hotel is a 2 minute walk to the Temple Bar area and everything was in walking distance. After our brunch, we walked to Trinity College, about 5 minutes away. This campus is beautiful. We headed straight for the Old Library to check out the Book of Kells. This is from the Book of John, written around the 5th century. It was pretty cool to check that out, and the really old library hall, filled with books from floor to ceiling. After witnessing that, we just walked around the campus, and even watched a cricket game (and had no idea what was going on). After spending a few hours there, we went to get lunch at a bar and had a few drinks. I think it was called the Lexington Bar. Then we went to walk around Dublin Castle. We found a park nearby and laid in the grass for a little while as well. The grass here is so different. It's much greener and softer. I really could have laid there all day. We then decided to go back to the hotel to see if our room was ready. Come to find out, we got upgraded ! Our room was absolutely beautiful and there was so much room! We took a short nap, freshened up, then headed to the Temple Bar area to get dinner and drinks. The first place we went to was called Fitzsimons, where we sat down and watched a World Cup gsne, ate, and had several rounds of drinks. During the half, we went upstairs and sat at the bar to watch some Irish dancing and a live band. I really could stay here forever. Everyone is so happy and friendly.