Today I poured the perfect pint of Guinness. To recap on yesterday I spent most of the day traveling or at the airport so I'm not going to talk about it. I'll just add the steps onto this post like last time. As for today however, it is my first day in Dublin. I reached out to an old friend who lives here, Kevin, and he gave me a bunch of suggestions on places to go and things to see. Dublin isn't a very big city so it is easy to just walk everywhere. I walked over to the tourist office to book a tour for tomorrow, and on the way back I stopped by Dublin Castle.
After that I went to the Guinness Storehouse, thinking I could get some beer out of it. I wanted to visit the Old Jameson Distillery, but it is currently closed until next year. They are renovating or something. Clearly I only visit places where I think I can get free stuff out of it.
Like the chocolate museum showed the steps to making chocolate, the Guinness Storehouse started with showing the ingredients in beer and then how they are processed to make Guinness.
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| I know so much about booze! |
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| t-test!! |
After that I went into a tasting room to try some beer. It was super cool! They had these pools/vaporizers that emitted the smells of the different components of the beer to help enhance the taste.
After that I saw the Guinness harp and then went to the Guinness Academy to learn how to pour the perfect pint!
Then I just walked around, drank my beer and left. Kevin had been giving me a list of places to go and recommended a burger place I should try so I went there for lunch. After that I walked around some of the parks in the area, visited a few cathedrals, and then returned back to hostel.
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| Christ Church Cathedral |
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| Dublinia |
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| St. Patrick's Cathedral |
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| St. Stephen's Green |
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| Merrion Square |
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| Oscar Wilde Statue |
My phone, which I've been using as my camera, was almost dead so I needed to charge it before I did anything else. So I took the opportunity to take a nap. I think now I'll just eat and then turn in early since I have to get up for my tour tomorrow. I'm going to the other side of the island to see the Cliffs of Moher!
Daily Step Count: 17,819
Total Step Count: 303,947
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