Gordon was still sick on Friday and not really able to do much. However, Nan, Aisling and I took the bus into town to wander around and go shopping. Aisling loves to go upstairs on the bus when she's in Ireland, so of course we did so. When we got into town, we were hungry so we went and had lunch at the Kylemore. As usual in Ireland, we drink tons of tea, and we continued with that tradition at the Kylemore. We shopped in Penny's, Ireland's cheap store. Aisling loves cheap stores. While we were in Penny's some local people heard Nan's accent, and stopped her to tell her how much they love Barack Obama. We also stopped at a bookstore called Eason's (the best in Dublin) and a second hand bookstore. We then walked along the river Liffey along the quays. We crossed over the river on the ha'penny bridge and went to Templebar, the area crammed with bars and restaurants. There was nothing in that area when I was young and living in Ireland and now it's a really lively area, but it's expensive. We had coffee and snacks and then headed back over to the bus stop to go home. We crossed O'Connell bridge, the busiest bridge in Dublin. Dublin has a lot of statues, and at the end of O'Connell Bridge, there is a statue of Daniel O'Connell. Daniel's head appears to be very popular with the seagulls. There was constantly a seagull on his head, which Nan really enjoyed, and photographed repeatedly. Aisling really enjoyed one of the ads on the side of the bus. It was for her favorite TV program, House, and the ad said "Meet the doctor whose a pain in the ass". She thought that was hysterical. We just spent the night at home, playing cards, Aisling's favorite activity. We stayed up a little later, apparently getting more onto Irish time.
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