My last Irish trip was to the city of Dublin. Although I've been to its airport 12 times now, I never got to actually see it:
It started out with the typical 3 hour bus ride, then a tour of Kilmainham Jail, followed by a tour of Dublin Castle. The jail was really interesting because everything they talked about related to my 19th Century Irish History class and talked about all of the leaders that fought for Catholic Emancipation and Home Rule. A lot of the rooms had windows facing the outside but the windows only had bars and no glass or coverings, so there was always wind and rain coming in:
The castle was also cool because it is still in use today, plus is was decked out for Christmas:
Temple Bar
Much bigger than Galway
Fairfield paid for our hotel!
And no Megan Cavallo, this is in an elevator.
O'Connell Street
It started out with the typical 3 hour bus ride, then a tour of Kilmainham Jail, followed by a tour of Dublin Castle. The jail was really interesting because everything they talked about related to my 19th Century Irish History class and talked about all of the leaders that fought for Catholic Emancipation and Home Rule. A lot of the rooms had windows facing the outside but the windows only had bars and no glass or coverings, so there was always wind and rain coming in:
The next trip was to Glasnevin Cemetery where all of these famous people are buried. I wasn't a huge fan of it, mostly because every story ended in death, but since Fairfield paid for our whole trip, I can't complain. After the cemetery, we went to see the Book of Kells (basically a really pretty and colorful version of the four Gospels).
This was followed by a tour of the Guinness Factory, which was long over due. Them most interesting thing I learned was that all of the Guinness for the United States is made in that factory. The reason it tastes different however depends on how individual bars treat the kegs/how often they change them out. Also, everything is automated. While there are 1,200 employees in the factory, only about 60 of them are for the actual brewing process, and even then, they are only there in case something goes wrong:
Yes, that tanker transports Guinness.
Side note: the changing rooms in the Guinness Factory were
not designed with short people in mind.
We each got to go behind the bar and pour our own pint
The trip was a lot of fun and since it was all free it was even better. Oh and I tried duck #quack:
