On the top floor of the factory is a bar called Gravity that is completely surrounded in windows. You can see ALL of Dublin.. and they give you a free pint of Guinness! Not my favorite beer, but definitely delicious. Mind you, it was like 11 Am and Guinness is just not on my list of things I want for breakfast.
We left the Guinness factory and took a 10 minute walk down the road to St. Patrick's Cathedral. We ended up paying the 4 euro to go inside and it was SO worth it.
I wish I could remember all the interesting things I learned about cathedrals in AP Art History but I can't. All I know is that this cathedral was BEAUTIFUL. It was so fun being inside something so old. I think they said it was built in 1170. There is just so much history in one building!
Next we took another walk over to Trinity College. On the way we walked up Grafton Street which is an awesome shopping area. We stopped in a couple cool stores.. mainly because we were freezing. And there were a bunch of street musicians out which was nice to listen to. Anyways, we finally made it up to Trinity, and we were going to go in the old library to see the Book of Kells.. but it was like 11 euro and we were tired and it was getting colder by the second. We walked around the campus though and looked at the buildings.. at least we can say we've been there now! Check that off the list.
After leaving Trinity College, we looked EVERYWHERE for a seat in a bar to watch the Ireland v France rugby game. But alas, this is the favorite sport of Ireland so of course the entire Irish population is out watching this game. There literally was not even standing room in any of the bars. So, we started on our walk home, found a bar to stand at and watch a couple minutes of the gruesome game in, and then went back to the hostel for a nap. And I wish I had pictures to capture the delicious meal that we ate for dinner at Acapulco's. You wouldn't think that Mexican in Ireland would be good, but they were some of the best fajitas I have had in my life. And to top it off, we split some fried ice cream. Kind of expensive, but SO worth it. Afterwards, we went out to a find a couple clubs and bars that we were told would be fun. Some of them were too expensive, so we moved on and eventually found a bar called South Williams Street.. thanks to our new found Irish friend Angus. It was a great day in Dublin and I slept well that night. Getting home the next day was a little rough.. the last leg of the trip was a 4 hour bus ride from Madrid to Valencia and I swear, the bus was at least 90 degrees. I tried to talk the bus driver into turning the air on, but I think it was just a cheap bus. He laughed at me and kept driving.
Thus ends my weekend travels to Dublin. It was a great trip but I was glad to be back in my cozy little dorm room. Backpacking is not as easy as I thought. There is just a constant internal struggle between wanting to sleep and wanting to the the absolute most out of every minute in a foreign country. I think my next experience will be better. I am learning the ways of the cheap traveler so hopefully I will have it down soon. Hope all is well with everyone else! Love to everyone!
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