Breakfast: In the hotel.Morning: Explore Dublin with an expert-led field trip of the city, including visits to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Dublin Castle.Lunch: On your own to enjoy what you like.Afternoon: Free time to explore Dublin at your leisure. Your Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions and give advice.Dinner: A farewell dinner with an evening of traditional Irish music and song.Evening: Your farewell continues.
Our last day 😟. We enjoyed a bus tour of Dublin with our guide for the morning, Philip. Phoenix park is huge and beautiful.
The city is home to 1.4 million people. It is the “London” of Ireland. 
A tour of St Patrick’s Cathedral was next. Interesting factoid: George Frideric Handel practiced his Messiah on the organ here before the very first performance in the Musick Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742.
Onward to Dublin Castle – also rich in history.
It was until 1922 the seat of the British government’s administration in Ireland. 
The next big attraction was Guinness! We had pre-booked the Connoiseur experience and what an experience it was! Two hours in a private bar with only 18 people and our guide/bartender – wow. We learned a lot and tasted a lot. We even learned how to properly pour a Guinness. 
On our walk to the hotel we stopped in the Irish Museum of Modern Art. 
Our evening ended with a farwell dinner at Union 8 restaurant including some traditional Irish music by Tara and Paddy. 
Emer has been such a wonderful host and guide these last 2.5 weeks; she was a delight. 
What a fabulous and memorable experience this has been – hard to say goodbye. Farewell, Ireland!
The afternoon was absolutely delightful as we visited Causey Farm. Activities included traditional soda bread making demonstration (and consumption later), a hay ride, walking in a peat bog, milking a cow, visiting sheep, lambs, pigs, piglets, and geese.
In the evening, Barb and I went to The Brazen Head, the oldest pub in Ireland – established in 1198!
