I must admit, I was impressed. They had
a large selection of both comics and memorabilia which were displayed
in a fashion I could not have designed the place better myself. Don't
worry, that's all I will bore you with of that, just thought I should
tell you that I'm still me over here.
After stopping for a few pictures along
the way we eventually made our way to the Guinness Storehouse. With
me having the Student's rate, and my dad grabbing the Senior's we
saved 6 dollars right off the bat. The storehouse takes you on a trip
through Guinness's whole brewing cycle, which is actually very well
designed if you are interested in the process. As interesting as the
self-guided tour was, dad and I wanted to quickly make our way to the
top where we got... You guessed it, free beer. From the top we could
easily see all of Dublin, the tower's walls are made of glass on the
top floor and Dublin is a pretty flat city. I actually had my first
“we aren't in Kansas anymore” moment up there when it became
clear to me that we couldn't see any mountains.
Not yet satisfied with a our Irish
tourist experience we went to go see the Book of Kells which was on
display at Trinity Collage. If you are really interested in the book
I would recommend you research it online. The tour was fun in a
museum-y kind of way, but for the vast mysterious and exciting kind
of history this book has it was a bit of a let down. It was
interesting enough but you were given very little information on the
book itself and only saw the one page of the book. However on your
way out of the room the book is in you are taken through a room
called the Long Room. I wish I was allowed to take pictures of this
place, it was breathtaking. Cases upon cases of books and historical
artifacts lined the walls in a way that just reminded me of the
library in Hogwarts. There were also a solid 15 busts lining the
aptly named “long” halls of famous writers from all over Historic
Europe. If I understood the french woman speaking into the News
camera it was the Library they based the Jedi Library off of.
Finishing this we decided we needed
another drink, so we slowly made our way back to the Rock n' Roll bar
Bruxelle's for another drink. Unfortunately on the way over I walked
past a music store that was having a closing out sale. So naturally I
had to take a step inside to see what was up. Apparently they just
weren't selling the same amount they used to (they blamed pirating).
So, not has much is different over here on that front as well.
Luckily Bruxelle's was the perfect place to fix the blues. With more
Rock n' Roll playing followed by a soccer game. The rest of our night
was just a nice way to finish our short time in Dublin.
Tomorrow we're leaving Dublin to go to
some small hostel somewhere, not sure where and I'm too lazy to wake
dad to ask him (check the itinerary if you're super curious). I'm
excited to start the road trip portion of our trip regardless.
My mind seems to always be drifting
back home, thinking of you guys a lot. I'll keep you posted when I
can.
-Matt
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