// see dublin through our camera lens

To do a quick recap, I am currently in fourth year also called transition year in Ireland where we don't do any academics and just go on school trips and do workshops the whole year. My class and I are lucky to be taken out every Friday rather than being in school, which is in a way, is cool. 

Last week, my year and I went to Dublin to explore the Christ Church Area in the City Centre. We did a scenic walk of the city and even passed by one of the most prestigious universities in Ireland which is Trinity College Dublin. It is also by the way the oldest university in the country. They have a couple of sculptures around the campus and the one in the picture below always catches my eye so I decided to take a picture for you guys to see.

How artsy is that?

I've always admired the architecture of Trinity College. It's like stuck in time compared to the modern shops and building around it. 

The Dublin Castle marked the start of our tour of the Christ Church area. Unfortunately, there werent any tour guide available when we went so our teachers did their best in explaining the history and background of the place. 

This is the Dublin Castle, where a lot of historic shenanigans happened. I could give you a lengthy paragraph about its history but it would be boring so lets not go into that lol.

Our next stop was the Chester Beatty Library. Chester Beatty was an American lad who settled in Ireland after the World War 2. His hobbies included collecting art pieces from East Asia, Western Europe and Islamic places. 

I personally enjoyed looking at everything in there. There was one particular section that I really liked: there was a specific area where they showcased different book covers from back then. It was aesthetically decorated. It's very unfortunate that I wasn't allowed to take pictures  when I was inside the exhibition but I'm going to link their website here and you can check out their cool exhibition if you want.

And the last place we went to was the St. Patrick's Cathedral (Ireland has a lot of churches/cathedral in the country. The cathedral was in the shape of the cross, and you can check it out on Google Maps. It's named after St. Patrick because this was where he stayed during his spread of Christianity. I think this is also where they found his remains. It sort of had a Hogwarts vibe in my opinion.

This is the first thing you see when you come in. It was super pretty. Most of the windows were stain glasses which I thought was pretty cool. 

There was this section in the cathedral where we can use their iPads to get an overview of the whole cathedral, there were also puzzles and a place where you colour out the picture on the paper. 

Here's me trying to do the colouring thing.  

Here's me and one of my best friends. She's always photobombing my pictures. (*waves* Hi Lalaine!)

What do you think of my city? Would you consider visiting Ireland some time in your life? Thanks for reading!