This past weekend I traveled to Dubin with Meghan, her parents, younger brother, and grandma. We had a great time! I could have certainly spent more time in Dublin. On Friday morning we made our way to Dun Laoghaire, a town just south of Dublin. We stayed at the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel. This hotel was very nice!!
After checking in we walked just down the road from the hotel to this lookout of Dublin Bay on top of Victoria Hill. Even though it was foggy, it was a great view! Just down this valley and to the right is one of Bono's (from U2) houses!
On Friday night we had a great dinner at the hotel restaurant. After this we had drinks and listened to music in the lobby bar. We ended the night with a trip to the hot tub!
On Saturday afternoon we made our way to Dublin. We stayed in an apartment in the middle of the Dublin city centre. Our first stop that afternoon was the Guiness Storehouse at the St. Jame's Gate Brewery. This brewery is still fully operational and is the largest brewery in Europe (64 acres). It was founded in 1759 by Aurthur Guiness. The Storehouse is the 7 story tourist attraction attached to the brewery.
Below is the infamous 9000 year lease that Aurthur Guiness signed for St. Jame's Gate Brewery for just 45 pounds a year!
As we walked through the storehouse we learned about the different ingredients of Guiness and the process that they take to create that perfect pint. We also saw all past Guiness bottles, glasses, and advertisements.
At the top of the Storehouse is the Gravity Bar. This is the bar where we drank our complementary pint of Guiness. I've had a few Guiness' now since I've been in Ireland and I seem to like them more and more with each pint that I try.
The Gravity Bar has glass walls which showed a 360 degree view of Dublin!
That night we went to the Arlington Hotel for drinks, traditional Irish music, and a little Irish dancing. Watch the video below! The Arlington Hotel is in a district called Temple Bar, the most famous row of pubs in Ireland.
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