Sunday - stroll down to Trinity College to check whether the book we "released" had been "captured" - it had.
Then along the Liffey to the Custom House where the idea for this blog was conceived and the title dreamed up, based on the Graham Green novel "Travels with my Aunt" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travels_with_my_aunt
Visit the Dublin Writers' Museum in Parnell Square, where I buy copies of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift and "Dracula" by Bram Stoker - both alumni of Trinity College.
Drink the oblgatory pint of Guinness at the Temple Bar while listening to a three piece band (guitar, accordian and fiddle) playing jigs.
Visit the Chester Beatty Library which houses a collection of texts and artifacts from Christian, Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu traditions.
Visit Dublin Castle - a strange mix of plush apartments, stll in use by the President for entertaining foreign dignitaries and conducting EU and Anglo-Irish negotiations amongst other things, lesson in Anglo-Irish history and mediaeval archeology.
Mark's bag is searched both at Dublin Airport security and by UK customs in Bristol on the return flight. Obviously a shifty character.
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