Everything is green, except the Guinness
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Dublin,
County Dublin,
Ireland
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Arrived in Dublin and passed through customs. I chuckled to myself when I saw that even the passport stamp was green. Met up with Alan at the front gate of Trinity and gave him a big bearhug. It was good to see my old roommate after several years. He had just submitted his masters thesis and so he was pretty excited to be done with that segment of his education.
After dropping my bags off at his house (which was right in the center of town), Alan and I went to an Irish pub to celebrate his accomplishment with a few of his other friends. Drank a few pints of Guinnes. Alans friends warned me my crap would be black the next day--it was. After the pub Alan was pretty drunk cause he rarely drinks and so we just went back to his house.
The next day Alan and I went for a bike ride around Dublin. We went out to the Irish sea, around all the embassies, to University College Dublin and then along the river. I was happily surprised that the weather was so nice. That evening we had a bbq and later we walked around temple bar, watching all the buskers and drunken people make fools of themselves.
On sunday Alan and I just relaxed at his house. I made quesadillas for us that night and Alan was excited to have mexican food again. I guess the mexican food in dublin just does not cut it. Later on I made cookies from scratch, with no recipe or measuring cups; surprisingly, they turned out well.
Monday Alan had to go back to school--i found it insane he only had a weekend off between ending his masters and starting his phd! I went with him to his school and checked out the book of Kells, which is one of the oldest books in the world.
Afterwards I walked to the Guinnes factory to take the tour where I met a friend. I learned how they make guinnes, how to pour the perfect pint and even how to pour it with a shamrock on top. Afterwards my friend and I went to the Jameson factory and went on another tour. I got selected to be an official whiskey taster. Three whiskeys were placed in front of me and I had to pick my favorite. I picked Jack Daniels over Jameson which I think slightly offended them, but I laughed. Afterwards I took Alan out for dinner at a sushi restaurant and just had another relaxing evening.
On tuesday Alan had class again so I went for a walk around St. Stephens Green a really nice park close by Alan's house. One of the heirs of the Guinness beer fortune donated the park to the city of Dublin after spending tons of money to landscape it. That evening I made some more quesadillas for Alan and I.
The following morning I said goodbye to Alan and went to the airport for my flight to London!
