Day 3 in Ireland...

Today was an optional tour to Wicklow Mountains and I chose the option of not to go and partially catch up on my sleep as well as explore the city on my own. Exploring new places by myself is one of my hobbies so I took this opportunity to do so. The day started with breakfast and after the bus left for the tour, I was back in my room. I started out by laying the map of city on the bed and planning where to go today while sipping coffee but ended up sleeping for a good two hours. Anyways, woke up and left for the city around noon. Took the dart into the city and ended up going to a whole series of museums and galleries... First I went to the National Museum, where the gold collection was phenomenal...then I went to the National Library, and later the National Gallery where the pictures and paintings from different early eras such as the Baroque era and the Renaissance era were on display. Counting every gallery, there were a total of 53 galleries which was impossible for me to go through in one day so I decided to just take a peak at some of my favorite topics. After that, I stopped at the Huguenot Cemetery and then headed to the Natural History Museum. I couldn't find the entrance so when I asked a local about the entrance, he told me that there was an accident recently in the museum where a whole staircase fell down and four people were killed and several injured, due to which the museum was closed until renovation. I walk down the Grafton Street for some snack and coffee and then later some pictures of the Dublin Castle, and finally went to the Chester Beatty Library where I met with the professors and a couple of my friends. The Beatty Library had a very nice collection of the manuscripts and other info on religions of the world. Then my friend and I decided to walk towards the restaurant where we were going to meet the group for dinner. On the way, we stopped at the St. Kevin's Church where the sound of organ was very appealing. We talked with the organist for some time and my friend Anjuli sang a song for which he played. Here is a little clip.

The dinner was okay and after that we took a long walk down the Grand Canal to catch the bus back to our hotel. Since this was our last night in Dublin, we decided to just hang out at the hotel rather than going out since we needed to be in the bus at 6 am for the ferry ride into the Wales. While some of my friends were hanging out chilling and playing card games, I decided to give Macintosh and internet a chance (I HATE Mac, don't know how to use it and we had to pay for internet). After spending a good hour or two, I finally got a hold of internet and barely learned how to open "internet explorer" in Mac. That 30 mins of internet went very fast. Anyways, so my roommate and I stayed up until 4:15 just talking when I finally called it a night and went to sleep. Not to mention, I still had to pack my suitcase.