Dublin part 2

17 Jan 10, Sunday:

We went to Grafton Street and looked around. This street is known for its fantastic shopping. There were a lot of stores and we ended up getting coffee at a coffee shop because many of the store were not open yet.

Here I am with the Molly Malone statue near Grafton Street. Molly sold mussels and cockles from a wheelbarrow in Dublin. There is a song about this and was played several times on the tour bus! I had heard this song before but couldn't remember where. This song is considered the unoffical anthem of Dublin.

We also walked in St.Stephen's Green and then the National Portrait Gallery until it was time to go to the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology. Here are some picture of St. Stephen's Green:

It was finally time to go to the museum and unfortunately, we could not take any pictures. We did get to see the Cross of Cong, which is an Irish cross said to have a piece of the cross in the middle of it.

 This is the Irish Parliament:

We were are with the city and river Liffey behind us:

18 Jan 10, Monday: We left Dublin and headed back home!