Dublin, Guiness and on to Belfast

First order of the day was a trip to the Guinness Storehouse in central Dublin, near the site of the St James’ Brewery. It’s a modern exhibition about Guinness, and I really enjoyed it. It went through the whole history and process of brewing, as well as other things I’d never think of like the logistics of such a global brand, and advertising through the ages. Best thing about it though was the free pint of Guinness we got to enjoy at the top of the complex, in a glass-walled bar overlooking Dublin. Magic. I really do think the stuff over here tastes better than back home…
Hamish 'drowning' in a vat of 272,000 pints

My pint at 10:30am in the Gravity bar; 7 stories up. Mmm delish.

Slainte! (cheers in Gaelic - It's supposed to have an accent over it too but I can't seem to be able to get that to publish on here lol).

We missed our free walking tour of Dublin so checked out a few things ourselves, like Trinity College. The library there is amazing and it houses many ancient manuscripts and the Book of Kells (an ancient and beautifully illustrated hand-written Gaelic translation of the Bible written by monks). Unfortunately we couldn’t shell out to see it but I got a postcard!!
You can get a little idea of it from the type of picture on this sign

We then bussed to Belfast (from the window I saw a FOX!!!) and we’ll spend the next 2 days here. More to come on that…

Hope you are all well!! Lots of love, R