Kimberly
and Sam
We had an
early morning, due to jet lag. We all met up at breakfast (in our uniforms) at
eight this morning, ready to eat an Irish breakfast; this included grilled
tomatoes, croissants and strange round concoctions...and we still don't know what they are..... Breakfast was
followed by a tour at Trinity College of the Book of Kells (Eileen read out of
it in Latin) and the library. The
Book of Kells is a book of the Gospels transcribed by Monks c. 800 AD with
colorful illustrations. It was
very interesting! We then went upstairs to the library to find thousands of
handwritten historical books along with pictures, instruments and what I
thought was really cool, the Nobel
Peace Prize. Afterward, we
rehearsed for the concert at Christ Church. A steady audience was present for the rehearsal, as well as for the concert. Sandra
thinks she did super duper well in the concert as do the rest of us! At the end of the concert, the audience
approached the tables and asked many questions about the bells. Then we all got ice cream (yummy) and
went on a tour of the Christ Church belfry. We climbed all the way up to the
bell tower. We were not able to
see the bells( too dangerous) so we only saw the ropes to the bells. We were
able to ring the bells and learn the scientific change ringing method. Finally, we were able to change out of
our bell attire (which we got many comments on.) For dinner, we all split up
and met back up for a musical pub tour. We hopped to three different pubs where
we learned about and heard the
traditional Irish music. We got
free gift bags which included hats, maps and coupons. We are sitting in bed ready to sleep, so good night Ireland!
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