Dubbed in Dublin

Watched some cartoons this morning. A.T.O.M. getting the daily morning treatment. Dora the Explorer on the French channel dubbed in French... because the French LOVE Dora the Explorer. Also watched Tom & Jerry in French - strangely enough, I could still follow the story. Go figure.

Also watched Loonatics dubbed in... Irish. I had no idea that cartoons were dubbed into Irish.

After watching Irish Loonatics, took the DART into Dublin - visited Trinity College, Dublin Castle, and Christ Church Cathderal. Then did the full-on tour of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Chatted with a very nice woman who works there, where we talked about the weather.

Best part of St. Patrick's. When we walked in, there was some amazing choir music playing. I just assumed it was being piped in through speakers. Imagine my surprise when it was an ACTUAL choir - a huge boys' choir rehearsing on the other side of the church.

Afterwards, swung by a great Irish Pub for lunch. When we entered the pub, it was bright and sunny. When we left 45 minutes later, it was POURING rain. Very sudden and harsh, it sent everyone scrambling. How unexpected was this? I saw more women in white t-shirts than I did people with umbrellas. Then all of a sudden, it was gone and it was sunny again.

Interesting note about Ireland... it's SWARMING with Italians. So if I get this correctly, at the moment, Italy has been taken over by Americans - and Ireland has been taken over by the Italians. I have no idea why, but everywhere we've gone, there've been huge Italian tour groups.

Now I'm sitting here trying to figure out the rules of Cricket. I love the game, I just have no idea what's going on. Whatever it is, it's cool... I think. But this game needs subtitles.

Or if not subtitles, at least some sort of dubbing.