I couldn't believe just how good the weather was. Shirtsleeves only in Dublin in October!
After doing some window shopping (Ciaran likes to price expensive guitars wherever he goes) we felt we couldn't let the good weather pass without taking advantage.
So we took the Liffey boat tour and really enjoyed it. This sailed East from its pier at the Ha'Penny bridge down to the East Link and then back.
Some of the new building (well new for me - this was no go area when I was living at home 20 years ago) are really impressive and the Beckett bridge is just amazing.
Some cool new buildings like the Convention Centre, but Point Depot, sorry O2 arena, still looks like a disused shed.
And some cool facts - O'Connell Bridge is one of the only bridges in the world which is wider than its span - it takes longer to pass under it than it would to cross over it.
And those grubby wooden poles you can see at low tide are actually from when the river walls were being built and are more than 300 years old.
Next time we are over we are going to have to get down there and have a good walk around.
Sunday was fantastic - home cooked fry followed by the Hurling Final replay. "I'm looking forward to this - I don't even know who won" "Oh, Clare did." Brilliant match though. But as a Cork supporter (and a former full back) was dismayed by some poor defending...
My brother made a special trip up for dinner and then it was back to Scotland, work for Fiona, school for Ciaran, and gardening leave for me.
