Dublin - Tuesday - Tourist Day

Slept in for the final time on this extended trip... glorious:-)

Kelly made coffee using the french press and it too was glorious

What’s the plan?  We decided on the small coastal town of Howth for a walkabout and lunch. It's the last stop on the DART rail system serving Dublin so we walked through the downtown to the Tara Station. A quick purchase of a round trip ticket and we were through the gates and waiting on the platform.  "Howth.....6 Minutes" it said on the screen so our timing was pretty good. A 25 minute ride ended in at the Howth station and on arrival... we opened the umbrellas ☔️ 😄.

We walked along the jetty which featured numerous seafood and fish shops to the left. We went to Octopussy's Seafood Tapas and it was very good. Even though the space was very limited we made it work!

After lunch we walked out to the end of the jetty and checked out the boats and sea views. next was a stop at the market while Kris and I had a pint next door. Kelly said the market was underwhelming.

Danger!!

Lots of activity.

On the breakwater.

The view of Ireland's Eye

 The rain was coming down hard so we headed back into Dublin and some shops that Kelly wanted to visit like the Aran Sweater shop. Lots of people out and about today even though the weather was dreadful. We walked by numerous old buildings including St. Andrews Church.

St Andrews Church

Bank of Ireland... it's huge!

St. Patricks Cathedral getting some work done.

We wanted to see St Patrick’s Cathedral but the €32 cost for us was a tad steep. We did walk through the park area though and it was beautiful. We checked out an equally old building with free admission called John Fallon’s pub :-) 

We are exhausted so a short rest up is in order before we decide on our final dinner in Dublin. We picked a spot and headed out on a short walk south. The place was packed and they had a long lineup awaiting tables... off we go to find another spot. We settled on a sushi/noodle house place called Zakura. It greatly exceeded our expectations.

Once back home Kris arranged a ride for us in the morning. Chillin until bed!