The Journey Day 3

September 5th, 2016 Dublin Ireland

Christ Church and surrounding area

We were up and out in time to get breakfast at Third Space, one of the restaurants recommend to us by our host. It was the place that was closed the night before. I ate a mini Irish breakfast. It was similar to the one I had on the first day, but I thought the pudding was better at Third Space. This may have more to do with the fact that I had never ate Irish pudding before, now that I was familiar with it, I knew what to expect. However, I thought the pudding was spiced better. Also, the baked beans weren't quite as sweat, which I liked. Kelsi had granola and a muffin. She must have liked the granola because she talked about it a lot afterwards!

Christ Church

 After breakfast we went towards Trinity College, but we stopped at Christ Church instead. It was very beautiful architecture. The style seemed romantic to me, but it was too early for that to be the case. It was renovated with a romantic style. Inside, we also visited the crypts. It was kind of weird that the crypts were kind of like a museum. There is even a gift shop down there!

From church we went to college, but apparently we failed at our attempt. The line for the Kells book was so long!  Because of the length we decided to look at exhibits in the science and zoology buildings. The Zoology exhibit is only open in the summer, the science exhibit is not open Mondays! So we left. One thing of note, we talked to a college student at the information center near the Kells book. He was eating a Nature Valley bar and I told him they taste good heated a bit in the microwave. He told us about the exhibits in the other buildings, but he didn't say they weren't open! After my great tip and everything!

Park, and Clock Tower

We caught the bus from Trinity College to the street we were staying. That way we could navigate to Guiness Storehouse. We could spot Guiness above the buildings, so it wasn't hard to find. We ended up on the near side of the building which wasn't the entrance. So we had to walk around. From there we took tour, we learned the history of the beer, and history of the advertisements, we also learned how to pour the beer, we learned how to taste the beer and received complementary pint. After the tour we went up to the top of the building. You can see the most of the city from there. After we finished our pint we went to get lunch. It took forever because there were a few locations to eat. The first place we tried had a wait, so we went down to get hamburgers, but they only take cash! So we went back up to the first place. We both had burgers, but I didn't get the chutney on mine. The burgers were pretty good. We also had more beer! 

After that our plan for the day was kind of thrown off because we wanted to go to the Gaols, but it was booked. When I was planning the trip, everything recommended to wait to get to Dublin before booking any tours. Which probably is good advice, but once you arrive you should book your tours and not wait until the day of. Instead, we went to Phoenix Park which was beautiful, but we didn't end up spending a lot of time there. 

On our way back to our room, we took the bus, but we missed a stop or two...or several! So we had to back track! By the time we ended up at the room it was almost at the time for the pub crawl. We had to rush to the duke to make it there. Which would have been easier, if we didn't get lost on the first day. We did make it, but thanks to Kelsi. We were there right on time, and ushered in to the start of the show. We were supposed to arrive early to check in and pay, but at least we were there. At the Duke the guide performed a two person play Waiting for Godot. It was so funny, but the room was crowded and a bit hot! Also, because we were just barely on time, we didn't get a beer at the Duke!  Ah well, after the play we went down to the street to go to the next site. There we were able to pay up and so everything was all right. 

Guiness Storehouse, Waterfall

The tour was great! I highly recommend it. If you like literature then you will really like it, but if you don't it is still a good tour. The guides perform a few skits along the way. You get to visit historical sites and also historical bars. The tour group also do a Lit Walking tour if the pub crawl part of it doesn't appeal. There was also a quiz at the end, and Kelsi almost won the whiskey prize, but Jim Morrison got in the way!

When we finished the tour we stopped to get gelato, which was so delicious! However, when we left the gelato shop we weren't paying attention and we started walking the wrong way! We didn't exactly get lost, but we did have to turn around to get back to where we once belonged!

  

In conclusion the day was a bit of a scramble! We did somethings we didn't plan, and did other things we didn't plan! Oh well, the mixes ups were a bit entertaining. I also enjoyed the fact that we just laughed off mistakes, without getting upset. Tomorrow we will have to make up for the sites we missed and then we have to get to Belfast!

Friday 3/9/2012 LOG

I was the first one to breakfast again! I had huevos rancheros! YUM! Friday was the day of the wedding. Bre had to be at the wedding venue at 2:30 to take photos. So we decided that we would go shopping again. Then we would go to the tequila store and then to ten ten pie for a beer.

First, our shopping adventure. Bre and Caitlin had a few things they wanted to see again, but they didn't buy anything! At the market my sister wanted to look at the cowboy hats again, and my aunt and uncle wanted to look at a part of the market we didn't see before. So, my sister and I decided that we would meet at the jardin at 12:15. I asked her if she meant the place with the trees that we cut funny. They are cut in little squares. We don't have anything like that in Phoenix. She replied, the place with the horse (statue). Which is actually the civic center. I said alright. So, I caught up with my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. They were almost finished with the last part of the market. I explained to them that we were going to meet my sister and mom at the jardin.

So we made our way over to the jardin. On the way, I said wait, Caitlin said that we should meet at the plaza with the horse. It wasn't really out of the way. We just turned up the next street. We arrived there are 1:05 and waited for Caitlin and my mom. And we waited. And we waited. I love watching people so this was a good chance to watch people at the civic center. However, we were worried about my mom and sister. So my aunt and I went to the hat shop because it was not far from the civic center. They weren't there. By the time we got back to the civic center, Caitlin and my Mom were just arriving. They went to the jardin plaza!!! Which is what she said, but that was not the plaza with a horse! What a mix up!

After everyone was found we walked to the jardin to go to Ten Ten Pie which has great fish tacos. I ended up getting steak and cheese tacos. They were very good too! The people that didn't get tacos however, didn't really enjoy their meals. We also ran into Katie and she sat to talk with us for a bit before we ordered. Then she went to take a wander!

Before the bill came Jim and Briana went back to the hotel to start to get ready. Caitlin and Melissa wanted to go to the tequila shop before they went back, but I wanted to get back so that I could shower before my sister and mom because they tend to take long showers! So after lunch Karen and I went back to the hotel and they went to the Tequila shop.

I will post about the wedding separately because I think it will be a very long post!