We flew out bright and early Saturday morning from Heathrow, of course our flight was delayed, but only by about 30 minutes. We arrived in Dublin around 11:00 in the morning, found our hotel and checked in, then ventured out to tour the city, after having lunch first at the "Bad Ass Cafe". First stop, the Guinness Storehouse/Factory. This is the 250th anniversary of Guinness so it was the first day that they opened up a whole floor dedicated to chronicling their 250 years. They actually signed a 9,000 year lease for the property that the factory is on! We toured the storehouse which was 7 floors high and was very cool. We finished the tour at the top of the building in the "Gravity Bar" which has a 360 degree view of the city and got to enjoy a free pint of Guinness. I don't consider myself a fan of Guinness, but it was actually pretty good because it was so fresh and smooth, it was almost creamy! It was overcast outside so we didn't get a great view of the city but it was still fun. Next we headed back to the main area of town called the Temple Bar. We stopped in a few shops and there was the "Tradfest" going on with traditional irish music playing in the streets. We went out to two different Irish Pubs, but they were absolutely packed! And the Irish LOVE to drink, so it was a bit obnoxious for my liking, but fun to experience anyways. One thing we noticed is that Dublin smelled like one big fart. It would just hit you out of nowhere - we think it's from all the Guinness they consume! Sorry for the details, but it was a major highlight (or lowlight) of our trip! We called it a night around midnight so we could get an early start on Sunday and because we were sick of walking through nasty farts at the pubs.
Sunday morning we hopped on a bus tour and saw St. Patrick's Cathedral (but couldn't go inside because they were having a service), and then tried to go to some famous jail that is in Dublin, we couldn't go in there because the first tour was later than we could attend since we were flying out that night. We then stopped at a pub where George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton have both had a pint! We went to another pub for lunch and watched some soccer or "football" over here - we kind of got into the game, but it of course ended in a tie. Every single game we've seen over here on TV has ended in a tie - where's the fun in that?! We stopped by a few more shops to kill some time then headed to the airport to get back to London...that's where the story gets very interesting!
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