Last day...

Today has been our last day in Ireland. We  met at the Church car park at half past eleven, said farewell to the families and get on the bus to the airport.
The flight has been relaxing, despite of some nervous kids who want to meet their parents after a week away from home.
Now we are in the bus on our way to Zaragoza.
See you tonight!

Third day in Dublin

Today has been a different day. We have visited Croke Park, an iconic stadium placed in Dublin and which has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over one hundred years.

We have started our visit watching a film about the different games that are played there: Hurling and Gaelic Football.

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

 

After that, our guide has explained to us that we were going to visit the whole stadium, and that we had to walked behind the line because some trucks and cars could drive over there. 

We have been inside the changing rooms and we have seen the different hurling t-shirts from each irish county. We have took some photos with the t-shirts of the 2015 champions.

We have felt how the players feel themselves before going out to the field.

And we have been in the room where the champion team celebrates its victory after the match.

Later we have been into a box, the place where wealthy people see the matches while they enjoy a lovely dinner.

 Once in the museum, among some prizes, we have found Muhammad Ali shorts and a boxing glove from his fight in this stadium on 1972.

Having finished the visit, we have had some time to practise hurling, gaelic football, and we have also played different games to improve our abilities in that sports.

We have lunch at the stadium in a private room with view to the grass, and after that, we have gone to visit the Guinness Storehouse. We have learnt how beer is made, the importance of Arthur Guinnes for the Ireland history and we have  had a soft drink in the highest part of the factory, the gravity bar.

Today, we have learnt a lot of things and, we have realised how important are gaelic sports and Guinnes for Irish people's culture.

Second day in Dublin

Today the weather was cold but it was not raining in the morning. 

As we did yesterday, we have gone to Balbriggan Station to take the train to Dublin. However, we have stopped in Tara Station because we were going to start our adventure in Trinity College.

At Trinity College a graduation was taking part. We have played an interviewing game in which we have to get some information about the different degrees that you can study there, so we have asked to the just graduated students. We have been talking to them and we have noticed that a person can study more than one hundred degrees there!

 

 

 

We have also had the chance of speaking with the proffessor who was in charge of giving the degrees. She was a very nice woman, and she has been spoken to us a lot. She has also let us to take a photo with her. 

 

 

Later, we have visited The Book of Kells and the old library of the Trinity College, an enormous library with thousands of books. 

We have learnt how the Book of Kells was made, who made it and why is so important nowadays.

The library was amazing! You could see thousands of books around you, books everywhere! Along the whole gallery, there were a lot of famous writers, politicians, philosophers sculptures. We have asked about the different letters we could see both sides of the gallery, and the guardian has explained to us that they were the beginning letters of the book titles and that they used them to find where is each book. 

 

The next stop has been The Wax Museum. We have walked around the Irish history, we have met famous writers, politicians and sportsmen. We have also learnt different things about technology and we have been in a music studio where we have played the drums and the piano.
We have met Luke Skywalker, Superman, David Bowie, Batman and The Joker among others. It has been an awesome morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that, we have gone to Stephen's Green Park to have lunch. By the way we have gone past Molly Malone's statue and listened to a very interesting guide who has told us her story. Once at the park, we have been surrounded by dozens of pidgeons and seagulls which wanted to eat our food.  

 

To finish the day we have gone shopping. We have discovered some typical shops where we have bought presents for you. We hope you will like them!