MONDAY, DAY 9 This is another combination post--we've been so busy! If college during the regular school year was this intense we simply wouldn't have the endurance for it. We're packing weeks and weeks of knowledge, experience, and conversation into what really amounts to just a few days. After class on Monday, we gathered for lunch at Neary's and then walked over to the National Gallery . While we've had many near perfect days, this was right up there. Neary's is a charming old pub with lots of character. It's not one of the old man pubs we've grown fond of, rather it's a bit more upscale and impressive with many original fixtures. When I chose Neary's for lunch, I didn't think about the fact that there might be a list of rules before you could go in. We all felt a bit of anxiety when we saw a sign that said you had to be over 21 to be inside (a rarity in Dublin) and that there was a dress code (no track suits). In other words, no studen...