And by Ponies I do mean War Horses. Their Irish bred and beautiful if not nasty tempered animals. Apparently quite a few of them are bitters and kickers and such. Which might be because they aren't worked with until they're 3-5 years old. Stupid. Legitimately the horses are never going to be war horses again so why allow them to have that type of behavior is really unacceptable.
It was a short little tour through the military horse museum but it was pretty cool.
And then we took lots and lots of pictures of Parliament House and the clock tower (i.e. Big Ben). We had an amazing lunch at Clarence right down from Trafalgar Square, Parliament and Westminster. AMAZING food. Steph had a cheese and leek cake which was heavenly. I had a burger with bacon and chips (fries) and also heavenly in a slaughtered cow kind of way.
Everything is really impressive here. So so so much history and hundreds and hundreds of years of it on almost every block in the downtown area. It's amazing.
I do have to say that as far as a friendly service and patience for tourists Dublin does it best. Londoners are less patient and can be kind of persnickety. Still overall it's been a great experience. I've met a lot of amazing people and have decided that Australians are definitely a good group of people to get to know (plus a Kiwi).
This all looks so fun! I love all the pictures, I'm totally jealous.
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