Jean Says: We spent the day in Dublin's fair city and the first thing we did was visit the Georgian House. We could have been in No1 Royal crescent, but hearing about the history of the house and its occupants gave us a good insight into the general social history of Dublin, so it was well worth doing. After that, we walked for miles through the Georgian quarter and Temple Bar, along the canal and back to the centre and Grafton Street where we had lunch in the Avoca shop cafe - my favourite shop in Dublin. I found myself wanting to pass people port to port and to cross the road at right angles to the main traffic. That's three weeks on a boat for you! The sun was shining at last, but it was still very cold and more like November.
Dublin is playing host to both a dance festival and a gay theatre festival over the next two weeks. There wasn't much evidence of gay theatre apart from someone dressed as a tiger, prancing around to music in a rather camp fashion. Bob reckoned that he could do a lot better, but I wasn't sure why he would want to as no-one was throwing money. By chance, we came across a free Irish dancing show being held in a small theatre in Temple Bar. It was all very Riverdance and truly impressive. It's great to see such traditions being kept alive especially by young people. Bob has been trying to upload a video of the show, but many expletives later he's still not succeeded!
We were very glad to find that Dublin seemed to be just as vibrant and buzzy as it has been the last time we came before the credit crunch. It really is a great place to visit.