Final day in Dublin.

We've just been set upon by a group thats giving me busabout flashbacks.  Unfortunately our room is fairly empty so I expect we'll end up with a bunch of them up with us (not all, its a very big group).  So don't think I'll be catching up on much of the sleep I'm currently lacking tonight.

They're still not the worst of the people we've come across in this hostel.  That honour goes to the guy that sits in the kitchen.  Everyday (he's been here since we passed through last week) he sits in the same bar stool, almost all day, and stares at people coming in and out of the kitchen.  It's very creepy.  He just sits there with his shaved head, his tattoos, and his vaguely vacant yet still creepy look on his face, staring.  All day, everyday.

For our final day in Dublin we managed to only visit free attractions.  Dublin has a lot for free which is very nice.  We started with the city gallery, or the Hugh Lane gallery.  It was great, I liked a lot of the work, though not all.  One 'artwork' was basically just an empty room.  Not really what I consider art.  There was a lot of good stuff though, and in one section particularly the description beside the paintings talked about the painters and the people they had painted which I found very interesting.  We walked back past the GPO where the easter rising rebellion occured, which is still being used as post office.  We stopped for a much needed coffee and I ordered a snickers muffin.  Yeup thats right a snickers muffin.  It wasn't quite as interesting as it sounds, it was basically a chocolate muffin with a couple of peanuts in it.

After lunch we waltzed off to the gallery of photography and the national museum.  The national museum was good, I recommend going if you're ever in Dublin, particularly because it's free.  They had an impressive collection of 1200-1000 BC golden objects.  As well as viking stuff, a little Roman, and a couple of bog people.  The gift shop was also very tempting, but I managed to slide through without buying any more trinkets or books. 

That brings us to now.  We're killing time relaxing inside where its warm.  The plan is to head out for dinner, and then a guinness and Irish music around the corner.  Tomorrow its on to London.  A bit of a long day, the longest part being the time it will take to get from Gatwick airport to our hostel.  I'll look forward to that being over.  Then the only move I've got left to do is to heathrow airport to spend the night and then fly out!