Hello.
I'm here in Dublin, Ireland,
which is why it is so noisy right now.
I am standing outside of Gardiner Lodge,
which is where I'm staying.
By the way super nice place, more on that later.
But now we're just gonna do a tour around Dublin.
I just got here, it is my first time in Ireland
and I'm just gonna walk around and see what there is to see here.
So, right now we're looking for a spire.
The guy at the front desk at the Gardiner Lodge told me I need to look for this.
I think I've, I think I've found it.
This street is called O'Connell, it has a number of monuments.
And I guess it's just significant
because it's got a lot of different landmarks and stuff like that.
But the significance behind this one, I don't know what it is.
We're gonna look for that.
Wow, this thing is huge.
A little ominous looking.
I'm a little intimidated by it.
OK. It doesn't appear to be anywhere on here.
So, I'm gonna go with there's no significance for this.
Whoa, check out that place, The Tram Cafe,
and it looks like a tram.
We got to the area where all the bridges are,
and right along here is a bunch of cafes and nice little restaurants.
So, I'm stopping and maybe get a hot chocolate,
I don't know, we'll see.
Hot chocolate, extra hot chocolate.
So, a bit of context for what just happened,
I dropped the map that the Gardiner Lodge gave me
of all the spots that I needed to go to,
in this little crack right here,
and I couldn't get it.
This is the place where I got the hot chocolate.
Good stuff.
Well, that was a cool little bookstore.
Now we're at the Ha'penny bridge, yeah.
The Ha'penny bridge.
So, Temple Bar is a famous club
but we're not going to be going in there
because it's, from what I heard it's overpriced.
But this whole area right here that I'm walking in right now
around Temple Bar is full of little pubs and shops.
So, this lovely bench right here has some information for us.
Temple Bar dates from 1707,
it was named after Sir William Temple.
Bar was a term for a walkway by a river.
The walkway by the Liffey used by Temple family was thus called Temple Bar
which is this.
No. Goodbye.
This back here is the Christ Church Cathedral which is in the heart of Dublin
and it's old-timey.
This is really cool.
Hello. Hello.
Excuse me. Oh, never mind.
Now headed toward St Patrick's Cathedral.
The cathedral is currently under construction,
they're repairing some stuff, that's why you hear all those things.
Ireland is pretty famous for their castles.
Whenever you tell someone that you're going to go to Ireland,
they say, well, there's a lot of castles,
and this is one of them.
This is Dublin Castle and it's in the heart of Dublin.
A lot bigger than I expected but I guess that goes for all castles.
I've done all of this by walking.
Dublin is pretty walkable, at least to go to the most important attractions
or the ones that are more photogenic
or the ones that have the most history,
it's pretty convenient.
Driving in Dublin can be a little bit complicated,
it seems like parking is very limited.
So, they do have buses and they have trams.
Walking is really nice because you get to discover a lot of stuff
like walking into that bookstore that I walked into earlier.
Actually just got to Trinity college,
which has the old library
which houses a huge collection of books
but most importantly, the Book of Kells.
Unfortunately, I don't think we're gonna be able to see the Book of Kells today
because they have it closed off
to the public for x amount of months.
But the Book of Kells is important
because apparently it's a really detailed depiction
of certain scenes from the Bible,
but it's like really detailed artwork,
and there's just a lot of history that goes along with it.
So, it's here like the actual book, it's here.
This is the Book of Dima,
which is one of the best-known pocket gospel books.
Oh, it's tiny.
Oh, my goodness.
The oldest surviving Irish harp,
it's what that is.
So, that was pretty impressive,
that room that we saw is the long room,
also the old library.
In there is I think over 2,000 books,
and it is one of Ireland's national treasures.
Honestly, it's just a fascinating collection
and being in there was really cool
because it just kind of felt cool,
and like the room was big and everyone was quiet.
So, this building is super cool.
Look at those windows.
Those windows and those windows.
Now we're gonna check out The National Gallery of Ireland.
This is incredible.
I'll be back to the hotel
where I'm gonna chill for a little bit.
And show you guys the room and then continue doing some other cool stuff,
maybe.
Cool.
Oh, got water, tea, all sorts of things.
Two chairs for looking out onto the street.
Closet.
This is nice.
I am super exhausted.
Time for a nap.
Well, it's now the next morning and Dublin was awesome
and it was so easy just to get around by foot,
like after you get to know the area a little bit, it's pretty easy.
And the people at the Gardiner Lodge, they were so nice and helpful,
they gave me this map with all the different spots that I needed to hit,
and gave me directions.
They even told me where to go eat afterwards which was...
They have live music there and the food was amazing.
So, overall, super happy with staying at the Gardiner Lodge.
Unfortunately, I did't get their breakfast.
Their breakfast is apparently very, very good and it's special
I didn't get it because I'm on my way to this other place now
which I guess I'll tell you in another video.
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