I think I have my route down pretty well. I walk from Marine down through the Summerhill neighborhood to get to the central part. Today I went to an Internet cafe to wrap up some schoolwork and chat with Dan. Then, since I was near, I ate lunch at the Queen of Tarts. I don't know if I mentioned it but that is where I had the brownie. I might eat there again tomorrow, if anything for dessert. It is the cutest little cafe on a side street near Christ Church Cathedral and it reminds me not only of Tina's (where I first started cooking professionally) but Spoonriver (the last kitchen I cooked in). I highly recommend it for anyone who ends up in Dublin.
After lunch I went to the Chester Beatty Library, which is pretty much a museum on books, but it has other artifacts as well. Chester Beatty was an American who traveled extensively and collected books and manuscripts from all over... He loved Dublin so much he was named an honorary Irish citizen in the 1950s and his collection resides here. Holy cats. I'm going back because I didn't get to all of it before it closed. The religion floor is full of remarkable books and items I had never seen the like of before in all my museum going. There had to have been about twenty or so papyrus pages from a codex of the gospels from 250 AD and a swatch of the book of John from 100 AD! That's not to mention all the rare illuminated Bibles and Korans. Wow. The illustrations from Persian and Iran on the lower level were incredible as well, it made me want to read Pamuk's -My Name Is Red- again.
On the way back I walked though Grafton Street, but again, I may return. Going up my usual way I had a lot of company for I go past the stadium and U2 is playing this evening. It was fun to see the pubs overflowing and everyone excited for the show.
Well, I'd better get going. I'm putting a fresh coat of red paint on my nails in preparation for Paris!
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