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  Dublin, Ireland
Tuesday, January 8, 2008

First day in Ireland, my feet being so sore after the trek through London and the little sleep I had rationed myself, I decided not to find a hostel to boot. Knowing to find a hostel means more trekking through a city, I instead sat in the airport for about three hours resting my feet before I got the courage to use them again. I bused to the center of the city and was immediately overwhelmed, people and shops everywhere, I just started walking in a single direction until I could find the nearest internet cafe to use the internet and locate a hostel. 1 block down from the cafe, in an ally, there was the hostel. The hostel is relatively large with a sauna, billiards, foosball, and a vending machine converted for beer all in the 'rec room' which is converted from an old wine cellar and the kitchen had about 6 stoves and sinks for use. I grabbed a room for 3 nights at 10Euro a night (not too shabby). The first night I just rested, read and rested some more.

The next morning in the reception area I met these 4 gents from Australia, two of which are studying in Netherlands

The old Jameson factory

. We were exchanging words about drinking later in the evening and they didn't hesitate to invite me along on their journeys. Fist we took a train to the old Jameson Whisky factory, rather interesting yet we were all excited for the free whisky at the end! Next we headed to the Guinness factory, and at 19Euro we found an alternative way in - through the exit doors. The factory was spectacular and nicely renovated the very top of the building offered a bar in the center room and glass walls over looking the whole city in a 360 degree area. Saving that 19Euro entrance fee gave us more money in our pockets to grab a few pints on the top of Ireland. After which we strolled through 'Viking Village' that had architectures from earlier ages on the way to the St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Cathedral was under construction so there was no good view from the outside (as illustrated in the photo's) And prayer was being undergone on the inside. The city of Dublin has a lot history, all the streets and sidewalks are layered of brick as well as the buildings. To really get a feel of Ireland's TRUE history we marched to the oldest bar standing in Ireland (several hundred years old) and soaked in the atmosphere. The that we covered the history, time has come to experience the true Irish culture. The lads and I went back to the hostel and packed in quite a few drinking games which attracted some other ladies to join in on the festivities with us, getting rather drunk we were ready to go out on the town to some of the pubs nearby, having a good ol' time mingling with the locals, the bar we were at was closing, they locked all the doors and asked us if we would like more to drink, certainly we had not hesitated to further feed our appetite

Bar inside Jameson

. By the end of the night we were all walking the streets of Dublin looking for the nearest fast food, group hugging monuments and getting lost - My memory has troubles jogging the latter part of the night.

The following day of recovery, the lads were off on their own adventure in Ireland, I ran some errands in town and went to the National Library where one of my favorite poets, William Butler Yeats (Irish) had and exhibition dedicated to him. Most of the evening was ridden in very wet weather, making it to the hostel half soaked I ran into the ladies from last night and we all went out for some drinks and just lounged with each other around the hostel the rest of the night. In Ireland there is grand company, good times and great beer to be had! Tomorrow my flight takes of early for Paris, I will check in again soon.

Slainte (Cheers)
 

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How the grain was mixed	The Liffey River that divides Dublin	Dublin Streets	The fellows at the gates
Guiness factory	Bar on top of the Guiness factory	View of Dublin	View of Dublin
St, Patrick's Cathedral	Vicking Town	The Dublin Castle	Me and some of the boys at the oldest bar
The crew in the Irish bar & owner after hours	Ship on the Liffey

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