Wednesday of Spring Break

Wednesday morning we woke up around 10:30 and naturally I was sick from not sleeping before. We were happy to sleep but at the same time, a little disappointed in ourselves because we only had two and a half days to see all of Dublin. We got ready and grabbed breakfast at this really delicious café that we had passed the day before on the strenuous journey to the hotel. I had my first real slices of Irish soda bread. SOO GOOD!
After breakfast we decided that we would go to the Guinness Storehouse and do the tour that they offer. When I walked into the storehouse (after walking around Dublin for AN HOUR AND A HALF!!...we got a littttle lost), I felt like I had walked into Willy Wonka’s Factory. The tour was so cool. We saw the whole process of how beer is made and then we got to taste a freshly brewed beer. Then we went through the historical part of the tour (the storehouse was bought on a 9000 year lease, yes nine thousand) (it was built on a water so they have all the water and power they need) and ended in the sky bar. I drank my second Guinness in the Guinness Storehouse Sky Bar. Just to make it THAT much cooler, when the bartender poured my beer, they made a clover in the head of the Guinness. SO SICK! Check out the picture.
Right before we hit up the sky bar, we ran into another one of the girls, Brittany, that we traveled with who was met up with her boyfriend when we got to Dublin. We decided to stay together for the rest of the afternoon. Since Christine and I were exhausted from the walk to the factory, Donnie, Brittany’s boyfriend, decided that we should take a HORSE AND BUGGY to Christ Cathedral where we were meeting Christine’s friend again. HORSE AND BUGGY! And just to make it even better, the kid driving it (yes, kid, he was like 16) picked up his little brother on the way and they spoke with their little Irish accents the whole time!
We met Christine’s friend and went into a pub for some food. Again, I went traditional, and ordered Fish and Chips. One thing that I learned from Ireland and England is that when they say “chips” they don’t mean little greasy slices of potato. They mean DIESEL french fries. Amazing. I also had an apple beer and a pear beer in that pub. They tasted like airheads!
After the pub, we left Brittany and Donnie and went off with Scott, Christine’s friend. Since he is studying in Dublin for the semester, he was the perfect tour guide. He showed us around Christ Cathedral, Trinity College, Dublin Castle, the Ha’ Penny Bridge (they used to charge half a penny to cross it) and the Spire. Randomly, we ran into a polish store and bought something we had never heard of or seen and tried it. They were spice cookies….random I know…
After all our sight seeing, we were hungry again so we went to a traditional Irish bar, ordered traditional Irish food, and watched traditional Irish dancing and singing. All in all, it was an amazing day. Christine and I were so tired after everything that we ended up taking a cab back to our hotel. We couldn’t bear the ½ hour walk haha.