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We decided to leave Ireland early. It is too expensive and we think we will be able to do more in England so we are going back there. So, after using the internet to change our flight we checked out of the hotel. Then we stored our bags in the hotel’s luggage room and spent the day in town. We rode the city bus to see Dublinia. Dublinia is in the old Synod Hall of Christ Church Cathedral. It is a multi-media exhibition that covers the medieval times from about 1170 to 1540. It is two stories of models and videos etc. of the development of Dublin. The first floor had a large model of Dublin. The whole exhibit was well done and took about three hours to tour.

Dublinia ends at Christ Church Cathedral. Both places require a ticket purchase but I would recommend starting at Dublinia. They gave us a discount on the cathedral ticket because we bought tickets for both places at once. I understand you do not get this same deal if you start at the cathedral. I found the cathedral to be very beautiful. We spent the rest of the day shopping and enjoying the downtown area.

We had to take a bus back out to the airport and they did not run all night or early enough the next morning. So we had to take a late evening bus for a flight the next day. We went to the hotel and retrieved our luggage and walked about two blocks to the bus station. Then we took a bus to the airport and arrived at 8 PM for an 8 AM flight. I was worried about the airport security letting us sleep there but it was no problem. McDonalds was open late and there was a coffee shop open all night. And there were LOTS of people spending the night in the airport. While many sat upstairs in the coffee shop we were trying to get chairs downstairs. People were stretched out on rows of chairs and some people were even in sleeping bags. I finally secured a row and the girls laid down with coats for blankets and got some sleep. I stayed awake all night but it was okay.