Dublin!

 Had a wonderful breakfast at Butler House the pastries here were head and shoulders better than every other place we have stayed.

Then we were off to Dublin. 1st up was to return the rental car and as a side note - I did amazing at the driving - although Shan may tell a different story - but she does scare easy :)

2nd was to get a taxi from the airport to our hotel - Shelbourne Hotel.  Traffic was incredibly bad and congested a 25 minute trip actually took almost an hour!

We finally made it!

There was a series on Amazon about this place.  It was a fun watch and made me want to stay here

It is beautiful and regal.  Shan and I looked around just a bit then -to quote Sheldon - had a preventing dinner

Then we were off to explore around the hotel.

 We stumbled upon Grafton St. and it was a happening place - people everywhere, street musicians, flower stands and shops. Was really neat

Look at those mounds of gelato!

After a bit we went back to the hotel and decided to have dessert for dinner again.  We had crème brûlée 

But the coolest accidental thing was the bar manager came to the floor with a bottle of champagne and a sword to open the champagne as a start to the weekend. 

We saw this Viking tour and are considering doing it tomorrow 

This was a party bus - hooting and hollering and everyone had a Viking hat on.  Seemed like fun