title The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023 intro Isobel and Evelyn start off the day with a quick - in Isobel's case a very quick - swim in the sea near the DART station at Blackrock. After a compensatory stop for cake at Parlour Café on Blackrock high street, we get the Number 4 bus from Monkstown Farm into Dublin, after which we poke around Trinity College, wander up Grafton Street to St. Stephen's Green via the Lego Shop and then spend an hour in the Dead Zoo - Da Gorls' nickname for the Museum of Natural History. It's then time for pizza at Milano - the name of Pizza Express in Ireland - after which we walk back to the bus stop on Nassau Street, stopping on Grafton Street on the way to watch some buskers. imgp1281 Evelyn, Fred and Isobel near the Blackrock DART imgp1282 We cross over the rails on a graffiti bridge imgp1284 A 29000 Class DMU at Blackrock station imgp1286 We walk past the graffiti sea wall imgp1290 Poolbeg generating station and the Winkies imgp1293 Isobel and Evelyn head off for a swim imgp1299 Looking down the coast towards Dun Laoghaire imgp1303 Fred's wrapped up in Isobel's scarf imgp1308 Fred stumps off along the rocks imgp1309 Colourful graffiti lettering imgp1310 Isobel and Evelyn have finished their swim imgp1315 One of Evelyn's swimming chums heads into the sea imgp1316 The back of the Wicked Wolf bar imgp1317 The old Blackrock Post Office imgp1319 Fred and Evelyn have a pastry at Parlour Café imgp1322 Blackrock high street imgp1324 The boys watch Free Guy on telly imgp1327 Isobel and Evelyn in the kitchen imgp1329 The boys have a quick game of chess imgp1330 Evelyn and Fred on the wall by the bus stop imgp1334 We hang around waiting for the bus imgp1335 The cool kids at the back of the bus imgp1336 Isobel looks around imgp1338 The Blackrock Centre has changed a lot imgp1342 The junction onto Strand Road is closed off imgp1344 A fancy building on Mount Street Lower imgp1346 Harry on the bus stairs imgp1348 A herring gull does a dance for worms imgp1349 Harry and Isobel stride around Trinity College imgp1350 A statue of George Salmon, provost of Trinity imgp1352 The gang on a busy Grafton Street imgp1354 We discuss where to go next imgp1355 The Balla Bán art gallery alley imgp1356 There's a huge Lego Eiffel Tower in the Lego shop imgp1358 Harry looks at more Lego imgp1360 Fred roams around looking at stuff imgp1364 Fred loads up a pick'n'mix Lego tub, for €19 imgp1365 The boys compare their purchases imgp1368 The boys outside the Lego shop imgp1371 The Celtic Jewellers on Grafton Street imgp1374 A swan sits on the path in St. Stephen's Green imgp1375 Da Wheeze hangs around in St. Stephen's Green imgp1376 A Common Gull floats around on the pond imgp1378 Evelyn and Isobel on a bridge imgp1380 A hotdog fountain in the park imgp1383 Crocii are out in the park imgp1386 St. Stephen's shopping centre imgp1388 A busker at the top of Grafton Street imgp1390 A Viking Splash Tour "duck" imgp1391 The Huguenot cemetry from 1693 imgp1392 Fred and Louise imgp1393 An empty building on Ely Place imgp1397 The skeleton of a giant Irish deer imgp1398 Harry and Isobel look at cases of dead stuff imgp1399 Harry peers at some fossils imgp1401 More specimen cases in the Dead Zoo imgp1403 An eel which died trying to swallow a frog imgp1404 Insect specimens in cases imgp1407 Fred gets a close-up of a moth imgp1420 Jamie and the children meet us on Clare Street imgp1421 Harry and Louise wait on Clare Street imgp1423 Graffiti on the wall of Merrion Close imgp1424 Louise waits at a pedestrian crossing imgp1427 The former Sweny chemist imgp1430 We're in Milano on Dawson Street for pizza imgp1431 Milano's kitchen imgp1437 Fred's made a Thing out of his pick'n'mix Lego imgp1439 Harry assembles his Ninjago Lego imgp1440 Fred gives the giant pepper grinder a go imgp1448 Life on Dawson Street imgp1451 Isobel gets some flowers on Grafton Street imgp1457 Buskers outside Brown Thomas on Grafton Street imgp1461 Annalua gives a look of ennui imgp1464 Crowds on Grafton Street imgp1469 Some dancing occurs imgp1477 The buskers on Grafton Street imgp1482 We're on the bus, after a run down Nassau Street imgp1483 The bus tips us out on Monkstown Farm imgp1485 We enter the top of Oliver Plunkett Avenue imgp1491 Nicholas and Harry play chess