Today we went out primarily to visit the shops and mop up a couple of caches. We found a great one called 'The loneliest bin in the World' (GC20VM8) which was hidden in a hedge behind a railing fence and I must say I felt quite sorry for it! We found one that was hidden so well I even paid for international Internet access just so I could download a spoiler picture to help us. (It's called Firefly series #1 if you're interested - GC263R0.)
We did a virtual cache (GCC2DE) down on the River Liffey which involved reading about the Great Famine and this then led us, having piqued our interest, to the famine museum based onboard a replica 18th century sailing ship moored on the Liffey. It was a very good guided tour led by an enthusaistic Canadian which had little to do with the actual famine but was primarily about the voyages taken from Ireland to Canada and back during the famine.
Today we also had our first DNF - Did Not Find - hugely frustrating but we had to let go because we couldn't search as well as we'd like given the huge Muggle factor - something we'd been amazingly lucky about all holiday.
Day three in Ireland complete. 5 caches found. One boat museum and dozens of shops visited. 7 miles walked. One pair of ladies boots purchased (not for me I hasten to add!) and still no Guinness consumed although not from illness but from guilt about my health!
We left the hotel at 5pm and were back in our own bed by midnight. A fantastic break to an amazing city with so many sights, sounds and drinks savoured and as a bonus to it all it was our first international geocaching trip.
A huge hugs must go to Hannah for arranging it. Thanks babes xx
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