In the spirit of getting out of the house, Will and I tried to be more active this Saturday than we have been in weekends past. We debated about taking a drive outside the city, seeing a movie or going for a bike ride. However, the weather on Saturday was not the best, so we decided to do a chore and go to a museum.
We did our chore first, which was taking some recycling to the “bring centre.” As I mentioned in an old post, the city will pick up only our trash, so we have to take our recycling ourselves. With our chore finished, we ate some lunch and headed to the museum we had picked for the day.
We had several choices, but we went with the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History. We just call it “The Collins Barracks,” which is the name of the site from its military days. I had been there once this summer when Mom was here for her visit and Will has been back a couple more times. It is a very large museum and both of us thought there would be plenty to see. We were right.
The major exhibit we viewed today was Soldiers and Chiefs: The Irish at Home and Abroad. With all the history relating to Ireland that we have been watching and reading, it was a good overview of the military side of Ireland.
We intend to try each weekend to take some time to experience our city. It is far too easy for us to sink into a winter funk and hide in our home. From now until Spring, we plan to use the time to explore the museums and other indoor activities. Maybe one weekend will be nice enough to do something else. Stay tuned!