Julie and I finished up the first part of our honeymoon in Dublin, Ireland. We managed to make our way around the city hitting several pubs, the Guinness Store House and the Jameson Distillery.
Guinness Store House:
This will probably come down as one of my favorite parts of the trip. As one who doesn’t usually ever drink Guinness, I’ve had my share so far this week beginning with the free pint at the end of the tour. The whole Guinness brewery is huge, several city blocks. You don’t really get a sense for the place until you’re at the end of the tour atop the Guinness Gravity Bar.
Jameson Distillery:
After we finished up at Guinness we walked a couple of blocks across town to the Old Jameson Distillery. They no longer actually make any Whiskey here so that was kind of a downer. It was more like walking through a museum than anything. There was free whiskey at the end and Julie participated in a whiskey taste test that included Jameson, Johnnie Walker Black, and Jack Daniels.
Needless to say she was not please.
Temple Bar:
The Temple Bar area of Dublin is basically a strip of pubs and shops in the center of the city. We did the rounds and stop in a far share of them. We watched one of the World Cup games at the Quays, Bruno was no where to be found. We also drank at the Brazenhead which is considered to be the oldest bar in Dublin dating back to 1198. I’m not sure how accurate that is but the mens room was definitely circa 1572.
Sidenote:
* Unlike usual, our experience with the Airline Industry was pleasant. We flew Aer Lingus which seemed to have a very modern plane and we managed to arrive 30 minutes early.
** Despite Dublin’s lack of decent maps and our inability to navigate via dead reckoning we successfully found a Leo Burdock for fish and chips. I could have used some ketchup but other than that it was good.
*** The rest of my photographs are here on Flickr.
