Rick Steve tour and Book of Kells

After delicious breakfast of poached eggs, potatoes and green, we started with the 90 min Rick Steves audio tour of Dublin, which gave us a really good overview of the many layers of the Dublin history, from the Vikings all the way to the more recent history of the Irelands relentless fight for Independence. We walked around the stunning Trinity College campus, which ranks right next to Oxford and Harvard. We saw beautiful monuments and cathedrals and listened to Rick telling us fascinating stories. We then stopped by for delicious porridge with coffee, and went back to Trinity college, to visit its library where 1200 years old Book of Kells resides. Even though the book itself is a bit underwhelming, being open on just one page, under the glass, the properly named Long Room of the library was just breathtaking. It also had a piece of art hanging there, also properly named Gaia - a digital depiction of our earth with NASA photographs. It’s trying to simulate the yearning for connection that astronauts experience when seeing the Earth. The books also strive to give people a sense of connection.Read more