Helen'n me in Dublin. Wow. There are some places we agreed to visit. Or rather: we pretended to agree, so that this whole thing doesn't crash on the first day. One important thing is the DUBLIN WRITERS MUSEUM [link to: http://www.ireland.com/dublin/visitor/museums/writers.htm please] in Parnell Square North. There was much to see in this museum 'cause famous authors like George Bernard Shaw, who also once won the Nobel-Prize of Literature, Bram Stoker, Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde and of course James Joyce were all Irish. I like to read about authors because many of them didn't lead a life quite as exciting as I imagined them to. So I don't have to feel bad because my life isn't very exciting, either. Right, and then there was the HUGH LANE GALLERY with its Irish and British paintings and its French impressionists' works. Fortunately, these two museums were right next to each other. I am not much of a fan of impressionists but I guess Helen is 'cause she really seemed to enjoy the visit. Puuuuhhh, we've had quite a bit of Irish culture by then. My stomach was screaming for food and drink. We sat down in a small park, I can't remember its name. The weather was really great. "Sun is shining, weather is blue…" Helen seemed to be a little absentminded, but that was -wow, what a guy!! I guess it's pretty common in Dublin that there are beautiful people everywhere because no one else except me seemed to notice. That was the 7. or 8. unbelieveable-looking guy this morning! At least! After visiting the museums we stopped at the JERVIS SHOPPING CENTER in Jervis Street. It is really huge, has quite an interesting architecture and a very vast choice of different shops. Well, if that is not my world! Shops with things I would never buy, shops with things I would love to buy but there is no use in buying them (even I can see that), shops with things I always wanted to buy but I didn't and don't have the money and shops with things I bought. We then decided to cross the river for which we used the HA'PENNY BRIDGE [link to: Ha'penny Bridge in the episode "Dublin" by Simone Klibingat, Bonn Group, please] , whose official name is LIFFEY BRIDGE, 'cause "Liffey" is also the name of the river. But it is commonly known as HA'PENNY BRIDGE because a long time ago people had to pay half a penny when they wanted to use the bridge. I tried to imagine how living in times of paying money to be allowed to cross the bridge was like. I imagined the women in their dresses, the men accompanying them right by their sides. I think I would have liked it in these times. Helen and me were pretty hungry by then. We agreed to have the legendary Fish & Chips at legendary LEO BURDOCK'S, which is near legendary CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL [link to: http://www.ireland.com/dublin/visitor/sights/christchurch.htm please]. We ended this day at THE GLOBE, a pub on the northern side of Dublin, where all the "cool" people like to meet. Wow, Helen and me are cool now! And we were surrounded by cool and beautiful people. If that wasn't a great finish of a great day! [Link to: "Sophia Komor, Bonn Group, "Train the Bus and Achill as an Island" please]