The Final Hoorah!

Today is our last day in Dublin; tomorrow we fly back to Toronto via Reykjavik! Luckily Caroline was able to take the day off and hang with us as we headed to Blackrock to show the boys UCD and Joe’s Michael Smurfit School of Business. We grabbed a DART train after breakfast and headed over to campus to check it all out!

Heading into Blackrock with Caroline
At the train station
Blackrock train station
Beautiful skies once again
The boys at Joe’s favorite pub. It’s closed for refurbishment unfortunately
We made it!! Gates of UCD Blackrock

Joe and Caroline led us on a tour of the buildings and we saw where Joe lived during his time here. The boys saw classrooms and we walked around the small campus before heading back into Blackrock for lunch at Eddie Rockets. This place is another Joe favorite. It’s like an old diner!

Welcoming us to campus
At UCD
Joe and Caroline at the school
College visit for Max A lot of Counter Strike was played here
Seamus checking it out
Max needed a mocha to get moving
Checking out Joe’s dormfrom his UCD days
Trying to scan a QR code. I wasn’t sure what he was doing at first!
Interesting chairs in the cafeteria area
Joe at Eddie Rockets
We found Seamus’s favorite treat!
Heading out and back to Dublin
Shoreline
On the DART

Now we were heading back into Dublin to check out St. Patrick’s Cathedral and then head over to St. James Gate and our tour of Guinness. The walk over was nice as the sun was out and we were able to see lots of Dublin on the way. The Cathedral was busy but we were able to get right in and see the inside for ourselves.

We found a Kennedy’s Pub on our walk
Joe is ready
We found Max’s look alike Oscar Wilde
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Max at the Cathedral
Seamus at the Cathedral
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Inside
The stained glass is just amazing
Honoring those lost in the war
Beautiful poppy wreaths all around
Prayer candles
Statues inside
The details
Outside
The fam outside St. Patrick’s

Next we headed down to St. James’ Gate and the Guinness tour. Joe loves this place and the boys were able to see Dublin from the tallest building in the city in the Gravity Bar on the 8th floor. It’s so busy now; the first time Joe and I visited many years ago, we were literally the only ones up there!!

Arriving at Guinness
We made it!
Such a fun picture spot!
They make the tour better every time
So pretty
Great visual
Really cool water messages
The water Guinness uses
It’s the harp!
Seamus having fun
We all joined
Catching some information
Gravity Bar.
Two bands were playing in a new area while we were there
Pouring the beers
Beers on the way
Wicklow Mountains from the Gravity Bar
Cheers!
They pretended to have one too
Great decorations!

It was time to head back to the hotel and drop the boys off for some down time. They were exhausted so we brought them some dinner and let them relax while we headed out with Caroline to meet up with Joe’s classmates for a reunion of UCD alumni. We met up in Dublin and there was a great turnout of people who came out to see Joe and Caroline before we headed back to the States.

The boys and Caroline
Anthony, Russell, Cole and Joe
The gang: Anthony, Caroline, Pat, Joe, Cole, me, Karen, and Russell
The magic drink window
I’m sure deep thoughts happened here
Lots of fun!
Fun place!

The next morning it was time to head back home!

Small lines!
Waiting to board
These bottle caps drove us crazy!
This about sums it up
Iceland trolls at the airport
Reykjavik was packed at the airport

Overall it was an amazing trip! Now it’s laundry time!!! We arrived home about 4 am after a 7 hour drive back from Toronto. The dogs were happy to see us and we were happy to see our beds!!! Thanks for following!!!

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