Day Ten - Guinness and Dublin Tour

Sure, Guinness is good for you, but at 10:30 AM? Oh well, at the end of the tour they make you an offer you can't refuse, a nice pint of the "black stuff"! Actually the tour was pretty informative and interesting. We learned about the different types of Guinness and why it tastes best when you get it in Ireland. It seems that pouring a Guinness is a little like making coffee at Starbucks. You have to practice, practice, practice. Well I volunteered to clean up the rejects but it was no go. Oh well, off to the gift shop then.

Arthur Guinness' 9000 year lease

After the Guinness brewery tour we broke for lunch and then reconvened for a walking tour of Dublin. We had a nice Austrian lady as our tour guide and while she seemed pretty knowledgable, she was much too soft spoken to compete with the noise of the street. The tour ended at Trinity College where we were able to view the Book of Kells, a magnificent hand printed and artistically decorated copy of the four gospels. It was created by monks around the year 800 and is one of Ireland's most valuable treasures.

Our very enthusiastic tour guide at Guinness.

Oh, it's a beautiful thing!

Dinner tonight was at the castle, and then we set to the task of packing for the trip home.

Getting ready for an upcoming holiday?

 

Example of a Georgian door.

 

Entering the campus of Trinity College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seamus (blue sweater) wouldn't let us forget how the US team clutched in the Ryder Cup.