Fun first day in Dublin!!

        When we got to our house, it was about 10 AM Ireland Time. Since Caleb and I didn't sleep at all, we were a bit tired. I took a nap for about 2 hours, and woke up at about 12:30 PM. My mom had to try to get me up about 5 times before I actually got up. When we were all up, we started to walk around Dublin. We walked down the street that our house was on, and we found this really cool Coffee place called Coffee Angel. Caleb got a Hot Chocolate, and Me, Max, and Ben each got Mochas. They were really good!

Coffee Angel Mocha.

Coffee Angel (Right across from my house!)

      After we went to Coffee Angel, we started our walk to Trinity College, which is where the Book Of Kells is kept. They turn a page every day. The Book Of Kells contains the 4 Gospels of the New Testament written in Latin. 

     

     After that, we started to walk over to St. Michan's Church, because they have 2 Crypts under the church available for the public to see. We went in the church, and a really enthusiastic man greeted us and took us to both of the Crypts. We saw preserved bodies from 400-800 years ago. Some of the bodies feet had to be cut off so that they could fit in the coffins. Here are some pictures we took. 

Graveyard above the ground.

Preserved bodies underneath the church.

      Our guide told us that the limestone underground kept the crypts underground the same temperature the whole year, no matter the seasons. After we saw the crypts, we started to walk to Christ Church. I have been there before, but Max, Caleb, and Ben haven't. We also went to St. Patrick's Cathedral. We did a quick walk-through of each church, here are some pictures that we took.  

Black and White!

Candels!

     After we saw those 2 churches, we walked back to our house. When we got home, my mom started to make us pizzas, and all of us walked to the store. The nearest store is called "Tesco". Its pretty much a mini version of Meijer. When we got home, the pizza was ready. After we had pizza, we were going to go to a party at 7 PM for my moms work friends that are moving to Ireland with her. 

                -6/14/2016