dublin

so this weekend brie wayne and I went to Dublin. It was a lot of fun. The first day(friday) we landed in the morning and we went to phoenix park. it is this huge park in the middle of the city. then we went to the guiness storehouse. that was really interesting. they take you through all the steps of making Guinness and different aspects like their advertising through the years. each floor is something different. then when you reach the top they give you a complimentary pint of guiness(awesome at the gravity bar which gives you a 360 view of the city. then we went to see the book of Kells in trinity college. that was pretty cool seeing such an old intricate book of the gospels preserved for so long. after that we went back to the hostel to drop off some stuff that we had. then we went out to dinner at the thunder road cafe. they had music videos going hte whole time and they were all from when we were kids so that was fun. that was a fun day. our hostel was really cool. the room that we were in was a ten person room so there were 6 beds on the bottom then there was a spiral staircase that took you to 4 more beds in a loft kind of area.
On saturday, we took a free three hour walking tour that the hostel provides. it was really interesting. we learned the history of dublin and ireland. our tour guide was only a little bit older than us and really energetic so it made it fun. he took us to dublin castle, christ's church, a walk around where the viking stuff was still there. then to an outdoor food market, then to trinity college, the temple bar area, and st stephens park. after that we walked around the park some, then went back to the hostel. we tried going into christ's church but it was closed for some event(fail). So we decided to go out and eat after that, we went to the porterhouse brewery. that place was really cool, its a three story pub. with cut outs on each floor so that everyone could see and hear the live band that played on the second floor. traditional irish music, it was cool. wayne and i each had one of the hosue beers that they brewed there, mine was made with a hint of oysters, it was a lil gross just cuz it tasted like it was burnt, waynes was alright though, we felt like we had to try one of the house brews cuz you cant get it anywhere else. after that we went back to the hostel and hung out. our flight was at 9am this morning so we had to get up pretty early. it was a fun trip