DUBLIN!!!! oh Dublin!!!I had a great great fantastic fun time in Dublin!!!
Quick summary - went on a walking tour which took us ALL OVER the city - in to the Castle, by the Church, down some important lanes, by another church, through Temple Bar, over the Liffy River, into Trinity College, up Grafton Street (shopping galore) and through St. Stephens Park.. really lovely! Only bad thing = extremely temptermental weather.. grrr!!!.
Post tour we went to see the Book of Kells (wikipedia is your friend, this is a very important manuscript), and then went back through the heart of the town and into Christ Church Cathedral (where Strongbow is burried and where most church scenes of the Tudors were filmed).. 
Then we hiked and hiked and got to the Guiness Storehouse, THE place that Guiness was invented and is brewed to this day. We did the full tour there, seeing all the old factory sections along with the new, and Kathryn learned how to 'pull' the perfect pint... and I sampled my first Guiness...ewwww!!!!
That night we went out for dinner in an area which a bar-tender (from earlier in the day... we were in Ireland..).. told us that the real locals went to - and got to listen to a local guy sing at the piano - really nice. Then we went up to Temple Bar for a glass of overpriced Champagne... and then retreated to some other areas for dancing and a generally fun evening!
On Sunday Kathryn wanted to attend Mass at the main Catholic Cathedral in Dublin, so we hiked to the northern side of the city for that. Then we caught a train out of Dublin! Yup, I left the city to see the country, to feel like I'd actually done a bit more of Ireland. We went to the seaside resort of Bray - lovely little town, so nice to be by the sea again. We went for a sunday roast and then a coastal hike.
Then we made our way back into the city and did some shopping on Grafton Street before slowly making our way back to London....oh it was fun!!!
This week I've started at my new/old office... I'm back with the Corporate Department of WilmerHale (I spent the last two months with their International Arbitration department across town). Now I'm back where I was last summer, working right next to St. Pauls Cathedral. It's amazing how familiar everything is - felt like coming home a bit. Different work over here for sure, but nice.
No huge plans this week - will probably go to a movie with some 'Park Lane' friends (other office), maybe out for a drink another night. I'm saving money, and energy for this weekend....
I'm off to PARIS!!!!
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