Trip across North America and back
We had breakfast in the morning and were driven back into Dublin. We went to the National Gallery and saw an interesting exhibit of Dutch Masters, concentrating on Vermeer and his contemporaries. After that we went to the National Museum of Archaeology, where they had an interesting exhibit of “Bog People” who were sacrificed or Continue Reading
On Friday, we had a morning rehearsal at DCU. Susan rode in with us and took a taxi to the Dublin Zoo, where they have a baby white rhino, among other interesting fauna. After the rehearsal, the bus took us out into the country to Glendalough, which was a ruin of an ancient monastery. The Continue Reading
We left after breakfast and were taken to the St. Patrick’s campus of Dublin City University for practice. This was the first time the 235 voices were together in one place. Susan went with the non-singers to O’Connell Street and went to the National Museum among other places. We singers had three hour rehearsal and Continue Reading
We got up and had breakfast and then drove to the Dublin Airport, where we met our Music Celebrations International guide, Anne, and the other chorale members who had just flown over. After loading into the bus, we went on a tour of Dublin. The first stop was at the Remembrance Garden, which remembers those Continue Reading
On Monday, we walked around Clifden and mostly just relaxed. Tuesday morning, we packed up and cleaned and then proceeded toward Dublin. As we approached Galway, we stopped at Aughnaure castle and walked around. After that we stopped for lunch at Glenlo Abbey hotel. We then drove the rest of the way to Dubli and Continue Reading
On Saturday morning we walked down to the end of Beach Rd, observing the temperate rain forest aspects of western Ireland. It is very much like New Zealand, here. Not only with all of the ferns, but the fact that there are more sheep than people. After the beach walk, we walked up to Clifden Continue Reading