Unlike my previous blog posts regarding my vacations I wanted to keep this one short and sweet because the trip I took was both of these. Unfortunately I did not take any photos, but the photos my friends took are on Facebook.
I went to Dublin with two friends of mine from St Andrews' Jewish Society. I spent a total of five days with them.
Our days were very relaxed and full of a number of pubs. We averaged around three a day. This isn't to say we drank from morning till evening, rather, we enjoyed the diverse pub atmosphere Dublin provides. Each pub we went to had its own unique feeling and its own claim to fame. Some of the famous ones we went to were Whelan's, where P.S. I Love You was filmed, O'Donoghue's, where the band The Dubliners formed, Against the Grain, a bar famous for its imported beer, and The Temple Bar, a location key to Dublin's history.
We visited the Book of Kells, the National Archaeology Museum of Ireland, and St Patrick's Cathedral, where Jonathan Swift resides.
We ate excellent restaurants and pubs. Had amazing food, but our favorite was salmon with crust along with perfectly spiced mash and spinach. We also indulged in tasty quesadillas and home made falafel and Guinness treacle bread.
One day we spent the morning in the Guinness Storehouse. We toured through the historic and current location of Ireland's, and maybe the world's, number one draught. We finished the tour with a Guinness each in the Gravity Bar, a bar with nearly a full view of the area of Dublin.
The best day I had was when we went on a guided tour along the coast of Dublin and to the Wicklow Mountains. We saw where the films such as P.S. I Love You and Braveheart were filmed. We saw the house where the Guinness family resides. And, we saw Glendalough, where a very old monestary resided under St. Kevin.
Overall, my trip to Ireland was perfect. Ireland was perfect. It's green and friendly. The accent is excellent, my favorite of all time.
I'll end with a quick song made about Guinness that I found in a pub:
"Sing a song of Guinness,
A bottle full of good,
Since it is for goodness,
Guinness always stood.
When the bottle's opened
We all began to shout,
'There's nothing like a Guinness
When you feel-tired-out'.
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