Day 4- River Liffey Cruise, Bodies Dublin, and a seaside walk

It was another late start today, and I will take the blame this time. Dark curtains blocking the light totally make me sleep longer. We made it into downtown in time to take the first cruise of the day along the River Liffey. This time the tide was low enough to be able to board just off O'Connell Street, so we got to see a bit more. The cruise takes you past the Customs House, and several other buildings the guide didn't really talk about. You also go under a few bridges, they're all only 2-5ft above the boat, and almost out into a harbor that would take you into open water on the way to England. They have a replica of a ship used to take people to North America during the famine years, and tons of sailboats, tied up along the edges of the river.

After the cruise, we walked up O'Connell Street, on our way to the 'Bodies' exhibit. We had lunch at Eddie Rocket's, a '50s style American restaurant that had more Van Morrison and The Bangles on the jukebox than it did Elvis and The Everly Brothers. The food was pretty good though. We made it to the 'Bodies' exhibit just in time to not have to wait another hour to join a group, so we went right in and started looking around. They had several different areas, each devoted to a different system of the body. Their methods for preserving the bodies, and the details they can preserve, are amazing. They had bodies with just the circulatory system preserved, bodies with just the nervous system preserved, and they even had one cut into slices to demonstrate how MRIs let you view the inside of the body. We spent a little over an hour looking at everything, then walked back down to Eason's and did a bit of shopping. Yes, I bought the entire 'Twilight' saga, again.

We took a walk down to the shore after we got back to our hotel for the evening. It's only about 1/4 mile or so. It started raining, so we cut that trip short, but got a few pictures over the water. Tomorrow we are going back to County Wicklow, and this time we are with a different tour group so we have a couple different stops. We get to stop at Sandycove Beach, and Sally Gap for pictures, then back to Avoca where I get to try not to spend more money, and Glendalough to see the upper lake this time!