day 8

so here is day 8 recap, as day 9 is winding down. Internet is so wierd, i never know when im going to get to post. its sunday night, nearly 10pm local time. still bright outside, as if it were summer in NC and 8:00pm.

the highlight of the morning was new grange. new grange pre dates those stones in europe by 800 years (its significantly older than the pyramids too!). basically we have stones getting to this area from very far away, and they dont even have a wheel to get them there.

now, newgrange is like a tomb. you go in this dark tunnel which is extremely small (I had struggles getting in at one point because of height.) its like a 4.5 foot ceiling.

inside, they have cool chambers, but you cant take pictures. this is a place so high in demand to see, that you have to make reservations 2 years in advance. now on the winter solstice, there is a gap, where light seeps in magically, and illuminates the whole tomb. from inside the tomb, you cannot see the sky. so thank you, aliens, for that bit. there are weird symbols all over the rocks too. but yeah, it was awesome.

day 8 PM was a 'pub crawl.' but it what I would call a facilitated pub hop. we took a bus to this one place, and heard excellent irish music live. then went to this other place with the same musicians, and heard part two. this was around 3ish in the afternoon.

evening was low key...a lot of us had to do some packing because we'd leave the next morning after our three night stay in dublin. irish have interesting TV i watched while sorting through my bag. strange humor on their sitcom, but they also had armageddon playing on another station.

alright, so im going to include day 8 pics. next post is day 9 (currently today).

andrew