Great day in Dublin! Had yummy Fish and Chips at the world famous Leo Burdock's, and ate our meal on a wall outside Christ Church Cathedral. They give you a huge portion, 1 was enough for us to split. They wrap your meal all together in paper and put it in a brown paper bag. We didn't even finish our chips, (or fries as us yanks call 'em).
Made it to the Guiness Factory. Pretty interesting. I think that Brian was more interested in the brewing process, and I more so in the Guiness marketing and advertising. I love the photo at left, how appropriate :)
Brian outside of the Guiness factory after our tour. It was pretty crowded, but the reward was a complimentary Guiness overlooking Dublin, high up in the Gravity Bar. I drank my first Guiness here today. Not sure I will ever have one as good as that tasted....of course I liked it so much that I had more as the day went on.....
Christ Church Cathedral. Beautiful!!! We took some amazing pictures inside. Even saw the tomb of Strongbow. And, yes it made me want to drink one in his honor! ;)
Also, went to Temple Bar, heard some live music, ate dinner at Gallagher's Boxty House, delicious Beamish Stout, and checked out another micro-brewery on the way back to the hotel. Tomorrow morning we head through the Wicklow Mountains, and into Waterford. Not sure that we'll have WiFi, but will update as we can!
Slainte!
Great to see you guys are having decent weather. Sounds like the flight from hell, though! Brian get a kilt yet? :-)
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Yeah, the flight situation was a little ridiculous as we were lucky we even got to JFK the day that we did. I haven't got a kilt just yet, but give me a few more days.....I just might be swayed.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Reading this makes me want to find a nice Guinness draught and find some of that creative Guinness advertising! Glad you guys are having so much fun. It looks like one great time.
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