Wednesday was a busy day for us. We started by visiting Guinness. The Guinness brewery and storehouses cover a big area about a mile from where we are staying in Dublin. The building that you tour is seven stories tall. Although I couldn’t imagine it would be much more than a Disneyland-like experience, it was actually very interesting and well done. I really enjoyed it.
The section about Guinness advertising was a surprise. I loved this ad. It made me laugh. I found it on YouTube here. https://youtu.be/Xt05ZN-C26k?is=xH7tPMdPoksKLNDJ
Next we walked to Dublin Castle. We didn’t tour the state apartments but it is an interesting place to see the outside of.
From Dublin Castle we went to Trinity College. You walk through a gate and you are on a university campus. The peacefulness is quite a contrast from the busy city on the other side of the walls.
The Long Room in the old library is supposed to be iconic but apparently you can only see it if you do “The Book of Kells Experience”. The experience costs something like €25 and requires a reservation. We decided to pass
For dinner we went to Blind Pig Speak Easy. In true Speak Easy fashion there were no signs. We had to go to the basement and touch the brass pig’s head, and then the hidden door opened. We had an excellent dinner.
After dinner we went to a nearby pub, P. Kearney, and listened to some wonderful Irish music.
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