Ireland - Sunday 6/4

​We set out early since our first sight, Bru na Boinne, was 40 min away. The area is a collection of three burial sites dating back to Neolithic times. In fact, the three sites contain 60% of all Neolithic art in all of Europe. The first burial site was surrounded by smaller burial sites. The largest was 250 ft wide and about 1 story tall. It was used for thousands of years with small villages built on top. In fact, towards the end of it's use it had a Norman fortress built on top. It’s hard to get a photo of it all together.

The second of the the three sites allowed us to enter the burial chamber, which was really cool. The guide said nothing had been changed and it looked exactly the same as it did 3000+ years ago when it was used. At one point he turned the lights off and, as you might expect, it was pitch black and creepy. Unfortunately, we couldn't take any pics inside the chamber. The size of these chambers is a real testimonial to the engineering skills of the people. Both of the chambers had massive stones all around the outside that displayed various forms of art. 

Next we ventured off to the Boyne battle site, the largest battle ever recorded on Irish soil. It's a massive grounds with a tour guide, in period dress, that took us through the battle field and explained how it all unfolded. 

After the tour we needed to get to Dublin to return the car. After checking in to hotel and freshening up, we stopped at a nice wine bar (called Frank’s) for adult refreshments before dinner at Richmond Restaurant. The food and wine were both very yummy. 

And just to remind us how obnoxious Americans can be, at dinner we heard a woman say "The food was very good. We're from Northern California, so we know a thing or two about good food." You can probably hear her pompous tone and imagine his "oh, get over yourself" reaction. Luckily we didn’t call attention to ourselves!