Today was our day to explore Dublin. After the generous free breakfast at our hotel, We took the bus downtown. We wandered to St. Patrick's cathedral, Cristchurch, and we wanted to see Dublin Castle. Fortunately it was more that wanted to see another site on our heritage passes rather than a burning desire to see the castle because it was closed to visitors for an extended period of time.
We found our way to the famous Temple Bar area of the city. It is the hip and happening place with cute boutiquey stores, famous pubs and lots of tourists. We enjoyed a little window shopping and a gelato before calling it a day. We had packing to do and a quick trip to the grocery store in search of the delicious chocolate covered rice cakes we had both fallen in love with. That proved to be unsuccessful because there was no large store close by and the mini market was almost out of the type we were looking for (dark chocolate covered!). We also discovered a delish sourdough whole grain gluten free bread that I intend to try to duplicate.
On every trip there is a foreign goodie to discover and fall in love with ...that you then can't find at home. It's all part of the joy and adventure of travel.
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