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October 07, 2004I visited the Guiness Storehouse, which has a great view of the whole city from the top floor, where i enjoyed a fine pint after learning WAY more than i needed to about how the stuff is brewed. While there, a film crew came up. Turned out they were filming an episode of the BBC version of "The Bachelor" TV show....just as cheeky as the American version too. I also went to Trinity College to see The Book of Kells, an illustrated manuscript of the 4 gospels dating from the 8th century or longer. Amazing how pigments were created, and interesting too, how calfskin was cured to make paper, and how the binding was done. Nothing new is even half as good as the old technology, though of course in our modern world, we don't take the time to make many things with equal quality. Comments
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