- We awoke Friday morning to rain, lovely. Kris and I had enough of Belfast and could not wait to haul ass out of there, as Kris said, he has had "enough of Belfast for a lifetime". We decided that on the way to Dublin we would stop at Newgrange, a burial tomb estimated to be over 5000 years old. It is a prehistoric site that during the winter soltice a beam of sunlight shines throw a small window near the entrance. Like many attractions in Ireland, it was hidden in the hills next to farm land and livestock. We finally thought that we had made it and went to enter and found out that the tour tickets had to be purchased 10km away and that a bus takes you up. At this point we were tired and needed to get to Dublin so we just got a couple of shots from a distance.
We finally made it to Dublin and checked in our hotel located in the Christchurch area. After dumping our bags it was time to return the car. Kris was pretty pysched to get rid of the car, and I really could not blame him. Driving in Dublin on a Friday afternoon was pretty stressful. When we arrived at the drop off location I complained about the navigation system not working due the outlet being busted and was refunded the enter $150E to rent the navi plus the $87E they charged if the tank was not full upon return (seriously NO PETRO stations in Dublin).
It was nice to walk around the city and we made our way to the Visitor's Center to buy Hop on/Hop Off bus tickets and take a tour. Later that night we went to dinner and enjoyed some live Irish music and dancing.
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