Trip to Dublin

July 5
Today we took a field trip to Dublin. We all went with our classes. My class went to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College and Dublin Castle. The Book of Kells was so amazing! It is an illuminated manuscript that contains the four Gospels of the New Testament and other texts. Later, we went over to Dublin Castle. At Dublin Castle, we went to the Revenue Museum. It was interesting. There was a game inside. What you had to do was try to find all the contraband. I failed miserably, but others found it just fine. We also went to the Chester Beatty Library. We looked through two galleries in the library. One of the galleries was called Arts of the Book. Inside the gallery, there was books from ancient times and manuscripts that were beautifully decorated and written. It is so astonishing how the writers of the books could write so small and precise. It takes a lot of time and practice to do calligraphy.  The other gallery we looked at was called The Sacred Traditions. It showcased the great religions of the world. It had everything from Christianity to Daoism. In the Christianity section, it had the ancient texts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. Actually seeing Paul's letter to Philippi was simply amazing. After we left the library, we went to the Central Bank of Ireland. Then, we went to the park and left from there. Overall, today was a great day.