Dublin Day 3
Trip Start
Jun 29, 2009
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Trip End
Jul 20, 2009
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Dublin,
County Dublin,
Ireland
Thursday, July 2, 2009
What is the number one tourist attraction in Dublin? A. One of the many cathedrals? B. Homes of Nobel laureate writers? C. A famous restaurant serving Irish grub? D. Getting your picture taken with a leprechaun on Dame Street? E. None of the above.
The answer is E! The number one tourist site, by far, is the Guinness Storehouse, the original site where Arthur Guinness stopped making ale and started making porter/stout in 1799. A wise man, he purchased a 9000-year lease costing virtually nothing for the massive factory site.
The Guinness factory was our first stop today. We learned how barley, hops, water, and yeast (they still have strains from the beginning times) are mixed together. They let us eat roasted barley and I thought it tasted like rotten coffee beans - others like it, though. One of the coolest parts was when they showed us how they used to make barrels for fermenting/transporting. Silas was also chosen to press the "magic button" to start the next brew. At the end of the tour, you go to a bar that has a 360 degree view and a free pint...we had coke instead.
After that, we had a great lunch at Gruel in Temple Bar. They had outstanding Irish stew, very yummy pizza, and amazing cinnamon rolls that tasted like apple pie. After that mom and dad went to the Beatty Museum while us kids went back to the apartment to put are feet up and watched T.V. After we watched some T.V., we got bored and decided to pull a prank on our parents. We put away all our shoes and jackets and turned all the lights back off and went into Sam and Silas’s room to wait . After a hour or so we heard them come in we tried to hold back laughter (Sam did that quite easily because he fell asleep:)after a while we went out and all had a good laugh.
After that my dad and I played Frisbee and I managed not to break any windows☺.We came home and had grilled cheese sandwiches and coke for dinner. Then we took pictures on our balcony with a amazing view.
Thank you for reading this, please keep praying for us. Tomorrow morning we head down to Cork to begin our service on the Logos Hope.
Jamie
PS from Jeff: The Beatty Museum has some of the oldest intact new testament papyrus codex, dating back to 150 AD...it was amazing!
Comments
Short term mission desert
Oh this day would make a great presentation for the desert.
Looks fabulous
Hmmmmm... very curious. We have posted comments for two days but none are here. Anyway, Emily wanted to make sure no one has been hit by a car trying to cross the street (Uncle Jeff...) It looks like you're having a great time. Cool, rainy,...sounds fabulous. Emily also said to make sure you buy lots of gifts, but it looks like the prices there may preclude that. Hope all goes well as you head to Cork. The Bordows
Ireland
What an awesome trip!! Can't wait until I go to Ireland next year :) You guys are in my prayers!