Today we begin in the Great Courtyard or Upper Castle Yard of Dublin Castle.  It dates back to 1204 and was once the enclosure of King John’s Castle.  It is an immense rectangle that, for today at least, is displaying some very cool sand art:  The most eye-catching building in this courtyard is Bedford Tower:  Just …
We’ve Come A Long Way From The Early 1200s
 Before I left on this trip I watched a few episodes of Bite Me With Dr. Mike on the Travel Channel. It made me want to burn my passport, yet here I am. And before I sat down to write today’s entry I read an email from my mom. She’d forwarded me an article in Vietnamese about some deadly …