Wednesday 15 – Sunday 19 November

A CITY OF CONTRASTS

A CITY OF CHIMNEY POTS

A CITY OF DOORS. A pint of Guinness to anyone who can find a duplicated door

A CITY OF BOOT SCRAPERS

THE CITY OF OSCAR WILDE

THE BOOK OF KELLS (no photos allowed) AT TRINITY COLLEGE

THE LONG ROOM. The old library at Trinity College, 65m long and normally filled with 350,000 ancient books. The library contents are currently undergoing conservation and almost all the books have been removed for this work. A few left.

This 6m diameter installation is NASA image of the earth’s surface.

THE CITY OF ST STEPHEN’S GREEN

A CITY OF CASTLES

THE CITY WITH HUGH LANE GALLERY & ANDY WARHOL

Who knew Warhol painted Dutton?

HUGH LANE GALLERY & FRANCIS BACON’S STUDIO

HUGH LANE GALLERY & HENRY CLARKE’S amazing stained glass

THE CITY WITH THE HEART WRENCHING FAMINE MEMORIAL

THE CITY OF THE CHESTER BEATTY GALLERY, set within beautiful gardens. The gallery has a collection of manuscripts, paintings, prints, rare books and decorative arts from Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

A VIVID CITY OF LIGHTS

A CITY OVERTAKEN BY HUGE GULLS

GREY OCEAN & STONY BEACHES. We took the train to Dalkey, which we were told was a very beautiful seaside town. Cherrie took a stroll along the beach. In the rain of course!

We didn’t feel overly welcome

A CITY OF MURALS

AND A CITY OF, WELL, IRISH SIGNS

So, for all you cynics out there, and perhaps with a bit of the luck of the Irish, we have made this 5 week adventure without mishap. A guardian angel looking over us maybe

Currently in Dubai, with a two hour stopover and a further two hour delay. We had wonderful weather in Norway and we have had rain every day since. We understand that we are coming home to a week of rain. Ah well, so be it. We’ve had a wonderful trip and look forward to landing on home soil. So Dubai and hallo!