He decided the queue to see the Book of Kells was sadly just a bit too long.
So he had a wander around the beautiful grounds instead (while dodging groups of tourists and wondering what it was like to be an actual student).
Saturday 14 July 2012
The Wombat goes to college
The Wombat will soon be finishing his stay in Dublin, so he's been looking around some of the places he hasn't been before. Last week, he finally went to Trinity College.
He decided the queue to see the Book of Kells was sadly just a bit too long.
So he had a wander around the beautiful grounds instead (while dodging groups of tourists and wondering what it was like to be an actual student).
He decided the queue to see the Book of Kells was sadly just a bit too long.
So he had a wander around the beautiful grounds instead (while dodging groups of tourists and wondering what it was like to be an actual student).
Thursday 5 July 2012
Sunday 1 July 2012
Down the Liffey
The Wombat had a nice wander down the quays in Dublin yesterday.
He wasn't too sure why there are Dutch navy ships moored in the Liffey, but he posed for a photo anyway.
He also posed in front of the distant Aviva stadium (it's the curvy thing on the middle-left) and the entrance to the Grand Canal Dock.
And he got a bit creeped out by the pig-mouse-bear-things statue outside the O2. (Anyone know what they are?) The one on the left was definitely giving him a funny look.
He wasn't too sure why there are Dutch navy ships moored in the Liffey, but he posed for a photo anyway.
He also posed in front of the distant Aviva stadium (it's the curvy thing on the middle-left) and the entrance to the Grand Canal Dock.
And he got a bit creeped out by the pig-mouse-bear-things statue outside the O2. (Anyone know what they are?) The one on the left was definitely giving him a funny look.
Tuesday 26 June 2012
The wrong wallaby?
The Wombat was rather distressed to find out that the wallaby recaptured in Northern Ireland the other day was not the one that had gone missing a couple of weeks earlier! [BBC News story]
On the other hand, he was sort of pleased that there are so many other marsupials roaming around the Irish countryside - he doesn't feel quite so alone anymore.
On the other hand, he was sort of pleased that there are so many other marsupials roaming around the Irish countryside - he doesn't feel quite so alone anymore.
Sunday 24 June 2012
A chateau and a cathedral
The Wombat went to France last week! He travelled by ferry from Portsmouth to Saint Malo, but we don't have any pictures of him actually on the ferry because he's too scared to go out on deck just in case something nasty happens to him.
We can't really blame him, since one of his brethren fell off the back of a ferry crossing the Irish Sea and was never seen again.
He spent most of his holiday in the city of Nantes (and the rest going around the wine sections of various supermarkets).
Here he is in front of the Château des ducs de Bretagne (Castle of the Dukes of Brittany), which these days is home to the Museum of Nantes.
And here he is again, admiring the 15th century cathedral.
We can't really blame him, since one of his brethren fell off the back of a ferry crossing the Irish Sea and was never seen again.
He spent most of his holiday in the city of Nantes (and the rest going around the wine sections of various supermarkets).
Here he is in front of the Château des ducs de Bretagne (Castle of the Dukes of Brittany), which these days is home to the Museum of Nantes.
And here he is again, admiring the 15th century cathedral.
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