Of course Dublin is like any other city...there are tons of people there on vacation, running around th touristy areas in hopes of having a pint of Guinness like a real Irishman. Of course, we did the touristy things and went shopping at the kitchy shops with tea glasses and beer mugs with IRELAND tattooed on them...and actually, that was fun too.
But...
When we flew in and I saw the seaside, and we coasted over a partly clouded sky....with the little blotches of green separated only by darker lines of green, I was elated. And, when I stepped foot on the bricked streets of Trinity College, or the 1200 year old slabs of stone which make of the floor at St. Audoen's church, the age, the sense of time just swept over me and it was truly amazing.
Nothing like it in the world, I cannot thank Adam more for the gift he has given me.
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"And, when I stepped foot on the bricked streets of Trinity College, or the 1200 year old slabs of stone which make of the floor at St. Audoen's church, the age, the sense of time just swept over me and it was truly amazing."
ReplyDeleteWhenever I go anywhere that has a history of worth to it I find myself doing the exact same thing - filled with awe that I'm standing exactly where someone hundreds of years ago did. I've knelt at more church altars than one could imagine just because I knew that someone long ago had placed their own knees there. It gives me a sense of "belonging" to the world.