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| The required tourist-y picture in St. Stephen's Green |
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| Ma insisted that Joe and Da go back to smell the tree... Joe was skeptical, to say the least. |
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| First stop today: the Dublinia! The Viking/medieval museum of Dublin :) |
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| Ma pointing out one of the many 'Thor' references :D |
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| Me and Ma, being Vikings. And yes, I felt the need to be 'gangster'. It's a compulsion of my generation. |
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| This pretty much explains the father-son relationship. Love it. |
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| I decided to throw on a costume just to be silly -- just as a tour group of tiny children plus a costumed guide rounded the corner and shooed me away. I felt ridiculous; hence my really red face. Winning. |
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| Christ Church Cathedral is right next door to the Dublinia, so we did both tours! |
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| There was even a really pretty arched hallway between the two that we got to walk through. |
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| Strongbow's grave (or just a marker of his presence) -- coolest part of Christ Church! |
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| For lunch, we went to The Bull & Castle. Joe enjoying his Galway Hooker ;) |
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| Da enjoying his Mettleman's |
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| Slainte! Ma trying to join in with her coffee |
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| They were supposed to have green beer, which Joe tried to order, but they didn't :( |
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| I want this to be Joe's Facebook profile picture. So much. |
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| An extra area of Dublin Castle, which we didn't go into -- cool little park area. |
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| Teh boys... |
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| We went to the National History and Archaeology Museum for a little, and Ma took this picture before we saw the 'no cameras' sign -- me being really sad about not climbing on the display :( |
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| Me and Oscar Wilde, being skeptical... |
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| An Army memorial in Merrion Square. Ma and I headed back to the hotel after a quick tour of the National Gallery -- the boys had already slunk away to the Guinness Factory at this point. |
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| A cool band of buskers on Grafton Street |
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| DINNER. Dax Restaurant. |
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| Free butternut squash mousse that came before our food. DELICIOUS, and completely random. First indicator of an excellent meal to follow. |
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| My meal -- rabbit leg. The server made a joke about it being an 'Olympic rabbit' since the leg was so big. Super juicy and tender and full of YUM. |
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| Joe, Ma, and Da all got the rib eye steak, which was melt-in-your-mouth tender and also full of YUM. |
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| Joe's dessert -- mango and pineapple crumble with mango sorbet. Tangy and YUM. |
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| Me and Da's dessert -- pear and almond tart with vanilla ice cream. Super sweet! |
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| As if that all wasn't enough, we got a post-dessert dessert sampler tray. From left to right: homemade marshmallows with rosewater in them; blueberry marmalade sugar squares; praline bars; apple-shortcake triangles. All phenomenal!!! |
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| Seriously. It's a little spendy, but if you're ever in Dublin, GO HERE. |
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| To prove that it's super fancy and legit, their sign is MADE OF LIGHT. Can you possibly get any cooler? No, I didn't think so. |
-S
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