Two more nights left on the itinerary, both in Dublin. First we had to get there. The Burren stood between us and the big city which was planned as it is yet another of those things one is supposed to see when you're in the neighborhood of Ireland. Poulnabrone is an ancient dolmen, a portal tomb dating back as far as 4200bc. Hey look, something older than me! (always nice to locate these rare landmarks) Stonehenge, which is larger, dates back only to 2400-3000bc (still older than me, by the way). Seems that in those extra 1000 years someone figured out how to lift way bigger rocks. But still, Poulnabrone is cool, sitting out on the barren Burren sandstone and very picturesque when you catch it in beautiful early light between howling, curse-inducing Irish squalls. We
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