Dublin/Galway/London

We spent another day exploring Dublin. 

Trinity College is a huge beautiful university in the heart of the city. It absolutely amazing and has been around for hundreds of years. There are huge grounds that spam over a number of blocks and amazing old buildings that cover every department as well as student housing. It was my kind of university, similar to Melbourne Uni, but older and prettier. 

We were unable to go into Dublin Castle, as it was closed to the public because or EU elections or something. So instead we just wandered through the city. 

It really is such a spectacular city, filled with buildings that date back to the 1700a d 1800's. 

The main shopping area is a long strip mall that is foot traffic only, and there are street performers doing all kinds of things everywhere. 

We had a nice dinner at the historic 'Bleeding Horse' pub, though it may have been slowly out of our price range!

An early morning bus took us across country to the west coast and the city of Galway. Yet another lovely city. 

It was nice to have a relaxing overnight stay in the small city, and stay in a B&B instead of a hostel. 

Unfortunately we didn't do too much sight seeing in Galway but we did spend some time looking through the more historic area, through second hand bookstores and small cafe's. 

Although it was only a very quick trip to Galway, it was relaxing and nice to have a bit of a rest day before we headed out to London. 

A night back in Dublin and then a 6:40am flight to London Heathrow!

Due to our early flight, we were able to spend that first day seeing the city! 

We figured out the tube, which made life a lot easier, and headed straight to Westminster Abbey. 

 What an amazing place! It really is spectacular, the detail and the history of the building is hard to comprehend. Every monarchs coronation has been help there since the 1200's and of course so many of  the royal weddings!

Next was the parliament buildings and Big Ben. Again, such spectacular buildings. There is so much history in all of these places, it's difficult to imagine especially when you compare it with Australia. 

We wandered over the bridge and were looking down the River Thames, which is actually kind of gross and brown.