cathedral day

Today was a little bit slower today. I was completely exhausted from the amount of work we've been doing. A lot of others went on various day trips to places across Ireland and Europe, but I stayed in Dublin and did a little bit of exploring. One of the guys on the trip, Kyle, and I decided to look at two of the cathedrals in Dublin. First, we went to St. Patrick's, one of the best known churches in Ireland. It is now a Protestant church, but was built as homage to St. Patrick, who converted pagan Irish to Christianity. It was a little bit of a tourist zoo, but beautiful nonetheless. I realized I'm obsessed with stained glass as I took countless pictures. There were also a ton of monuments all along the walls, including statues, busts, plaques, and even some of the windows. There was also this beautiful park right next to the church that we wandered around. There was a beautiful view of the buttresses and some colorful flowers. We then went to St. Auden. Not nearly as striking as St. Patrick's, it was still a pretty cool church. It's from the medieval ages, so you can see the original walls of Dublin and some pretty old grave sites. Overall, it was an interesting day, and I realized I'm really interested in old churches!