Day 10 Trim

Finally! At last a sensible breakfast - last night's leftover pizza, I feel normal again. After packing up we checked out of the Jury Hotel, found the car and drove east towards the town of Trim. We picked Trim because it's less than an hour from the Dublin airport and we're flying out of there the next day. The drive was not uneventful as I made multiple wrong turns resulting in a little bit of lively navigator/driver discourse. We did manage to get back on track, but the low gas light came on and it got a bit tense again. All ended well and we got to Trim around one o'clock. We checked into the Trim Hotel and did the normal walk around town. Across the street from the hotel is the Trim castle and it's the biggest Norman castle in Ireland. It was built in 1220 and was used to film Braveheart with Mel Gibson. We did a short self guided tour and were duly impressed. We also walked a ways up the River Boyne and I was

Trim Castle

fascinated thinking of the hundreds and hundreds of years that generations of Irish people walked the same ground I was walking . The river is a major part of Ireland's history. Being a cool damp day, we didn't walk more than an hour. In fact it was so cool we had to stop at the Judge and Jury Pub to warm up.

Sylvia finally found an enthusiastic audience

Didn't do much for dinner, just went across the street to Franzinis. I had duck and Sylvia had Chicken Teriyaki. both were way better than I expected. Tomorrow we have a  10 o'clock flight to Edinburgh and have to leave here by 7:30. It'll be nice to hear a different accent, I was beginning to understand all but the most brogue-ish people.