Arrival in Ireland

We have arrived in our hostel in Belfast after a long day of travel (all nighter) with American Airlines... really not the greatest airline, can't say that we really liked the four total hours of delays due to engineering... On our first commuter trip to Philadelphia, there's never been a plane fuller of angry people. A man sitting in the row next to us claimed to have been traveling since 5:00 am (it was 6:00 pm then), because he'd been canceled, delayed, or rerouted since then. A relatively simple trip that was far too stressful. Going to fly someone else next time.

Dublin was pleasant, but unfortunately we did not get enough time to check out much of the sights. We went to Trinity College:

But sadly we missed out on the book of Kells. It was a Sunday, and sadly tourism around the world just isn't open every day. We're kind of spoiled with museums here... anyhow, as we couldn't see the book (and this means I'll have to go back) we decided to walk around the town. Below is some kinda Christmas tree with a six pointed star on top... and on the right is the town hall:

and then we went to a few churches, the best of which I thought was the Christchurch Cathedral (below, outside and inside).

From here we boarded a train to Belfast, crossing the border and preparing for New Years!