Out and about in Dublin City

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We took a few days off work this week to celebrate Ciaran's birthday (it was a big one but I won't say what age he is!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday was a lovely day.  We cycled to the Fumbally Cafe for breakfast - really delicious scrambled eggs on homemade bread topped with fresh tomatoes.   </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We stopped off on the way to the cafe to look at St. Patrick's Cathedral which is nearby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9amrsznNEV4MXak1WXNZpcNE1XfMojeKqxXjuj2XnEZRbOOylBQAr9JxXukj8DgMLlUh7YnKU60XMcqQtQQoR_gDhRru6usAhfQl1CX22Y8ENrfhXdmoZQEVs-sR0jY_r-6UQaX96syP/s1600/IMG_2218%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9amrsznNEV4MXak1WXNZpcNE1XfMojeKqxXjuj2XnEZRbOOylBQAr9JxXukj8DgMLlUh7YnKU60XMcqQtQQoR_gDhRru6usAhfQl1CX22Y8ENrfhXdmoZQEVs-sR0jY_r-6UQaX96syP/s320/IMG_2218%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">As we were cycling along the canal I saw these ballerinas.  They were there for a photo call and there was a group of photographers on the other side of the canal waiting to take their picture.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOfVPnXZmWe8HhmjzF9enHTvBs1pLFEQTGlw5V8RZUh-hj-DiFc6u7yNN3M3JC4AWuGaY9u4Y2lNK_nRhd8D0Vy_0nxm44hBizPhCInM-J7zur0IKdpj0v2BfWBNMAe4dkGreQLD4pTSL/s1600/IMG_2217%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOfVPnXZmWe8HhmjzF9enHTvBs1pLFEQTGlw5V8RZUh-hj-DiFc6u7yNN3M3JC4AWuGaY9u4Y2lNK_nRhd8D0Vy_0nxm44hBizPhCInM-J7zur0IKdpj0v2BfWBNMAe4dkGreQLD4pTSL/s320/IMG_2217%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After breakfast we walked along Francis Street and called in to some antique shops.  Our house is from the Victorian era but this is not a style of furniture that we would like to own. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Among all of the antique stores we found a shop that sold mid-century modern furniture, it was <a href="http://www.michaelmortell.ie/">XXc Antiques</a>. We both loved this <a href="http://www.designaddict.com/design_radar/index.cfm/Willy_Rizzo">Willy Rizzo</a> designed table from the 1960's.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the centre of the table is a cut out tray for setting up liquor bottles when having a party.  Very cool!! </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZqOpRHapU4HAeVBkdjYU-76YKuROSYY6FLH3eJ5DrKO4aMjEIOXIdihxuRfjtrmfsiiX9qduXg2jb73seXZ3MgJ4Vf5PfOkbHcTd2G56ErgdNH-BhiMMmKGGCyfzndkOqod-JREyjBNy/s1600/IMG_2220%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZqOpRHapU4HAeVBkdjYU-76YKuROSYY6FLH3eJ5DrKO4aMjEIOXIdihxuRfjtrmfsiiX9qduXg2jb73seXZ3MgJ4Vf5PfOkbHcTd2G56ErgdNH-BhiMMmKGGCyfzndkOqod-JREyjBNy/s320/IMG_2220%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We continued up to Thomas Street where Ciaran needed to call to an art supply shop.  We also found the "Ferocious Mingle Market" which was a bizarre type of bazaar market.  It was a long market with lots of little cafes and stalls.  In the middle was a large screen showing a film with cinema seats.  All very strange.  At night time it then turns into a live music venue.</span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaT8eKz4eEfC4e9zZJ54TDEYy1vcRiqrEilnJ_jg4f58orekeh5fBRBzIoROliQbNaJm-GL-uNfinKF0O5ZdAGxYU1nEcQ1ylFjHVTFFtru0Fda63yfOawX30Pt2Y8sRlhS7A89tk3toFQ/s1600/IMG_2223%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaT8eKz4eEfC4e9zZJ54TDEYy1vcRiqrEilnJ_jg4f58orekeh5fBRBzIoROliQbNaJm-GL-uNfinKF0O5ZdAGxYU1nEcQ1ylFjHVTFFtru0Fda63yfOawX30Pt2Y8sRlhS7A89tk3toFQ/s320/IMG_2223%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we got Bones home after a long day he collapsed on the couch!  It was a busy day for a little pup.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwsNH_CT8foGyhPZv8ZPhbB931Nu8FnWTtTjRZXSGMDk3ofSkvEONI0tomjZbgZyVwW1zQO1OoL5gyFt6M6nd7TkjPgIFfq-kLB1d_oo3WUAQYD7-BhydBoWPYotVVl4JKAy5kzSsMhCj/s1600/IMG_2215%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwsNH_CT8foGyhPZv8ZPhbB931Nu8FnWTtTjRZXSGMDk3ofSkvEONI0tomjZbgZyVwW1zQO1OoL5gyFt6M6nd7TkjPgIFfq-kLB1d_oo3WUAQYD7-BhydBoWPYotVVl4JKAy5kzSsMhCj/s320/IMG_2215%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Today we had breakfast in Door 51 and then visited the <a href="http://www.esb.ie/main/about-esb/numbertwentynine/virtual_tour/hall.htm">Georgian House Museum</a> at Number 29 Fitzwilliam Street.  We had visited this house a few years ago and it was well worth viewing again.  If you are in Dublin, Ireland I recommend you visit this museum!</span>

Out and about in Dublin City

We took a few days off work this week to celebrate Ciaran's birthday (it was a big one but I won't say what age he is!) Thursday was...

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