Wednesday, Tour day

Today was a great day and a historical day.   Today the Queen shook hands with a former IRA chief, now parliament member who was involved in the death of one of her favorite relatives.    Locals say it was a milestone toward peace. 
 





























    We did the city bus tour this morning.   During the tour we saw some protestors holding an Irish flag and a big sign that said No Brit Queen.   They had policemen standing around them.   We also heard there were several small bombs go off last night.    The traffic was a bit slow due to the Queen being in town.   We saw a lot of sights including a former paramilitary mural that had been there for years and 2 days ago was painted over due to the Queen coming.  All very interesting.   We also did souvenir shopping at Carroll's.  I spent more that I would like, but may not be back. 

After the tour, we walked back to the hotel and then had to go to the same building we've been working in to meet the owner of the industrial park.    He gave us a tour of the Titanic dry and the pump house.    It was pretty incredible to be at the bottom of the dry dock.   The Dublin team joined us for the first time since we left Dublin.  

We walked to dinner at a famous pub by Victoria Square which is a big mall.   While we were eating, the heavens opened up and it poured.   Hard, hard rain, so we had to take a taxi back.  






Overall, it was a great day!