Day 2 in the books!

Dear loved ones,
We have had a wonderful thus far, taking in so many sites! Today we visited St. Patrick's Cathedral (which was cool since his bug day is right around the corner), we also had the opportunity to see the extremely ornate Book of Kells today at Trinity College. I was stuck by the fact that I too often take God's word for granted, follow the link about the Book of Kells and see what I mean. It is a copy of the four Gospels that is equal parts art and God's love story. Beautiful! We stopped briefly at the Papal Cross in Phoenix Park (pic below) the Pope spoke on the site in 1979 to 1.25million followers - 1/4 of the entire Irish population at the time! A group also took the option to go out tonight to the Temple Bar area - it is named after a man named Temple that build his house on a series of sand bars off the River Liffey. Several students and parents are headed off for an excursion to Galway - which is located on the opposite coast from Dublin. It should be a wonderful adventure by "coach" across the country (just under 3 hours). You can do that in the U.S.! Here are some pics from the day.