Dublin City Bus Tour

Our last day in Ireland and we decided to make the most of it by doing as much sightseeing in Dublin as we could. Our first stop was the Guinness Storehouse. We were told that it is a must see but honestly the coolest thing about it was the gravity bar at the top with the panoramic view of Dublin. This is where I drank my secong ever pint of Guinness. I thought I had mastered "the art" but by the concentration on my face I obviously hadn't. :)




"Everyone's Irish on March 17th" ... then there are some like me who believe they are Irish every day of the year. But from now on I will be drinking a pint of Guinness to celebrate the momentous occasion of St Patricks Day.




The river that runs through Dublin is called the river Liffy, apparently nicknamed "sniffy liffy" because in Summer it can smell quite horrible. It is also said that the reason why Guinness is so dark is because they use the water from the Sniffy Liffy but this is not true they use only the purest of mountain water. I included a picture of the river Liffy with the Half Penny Bridge the crosses over it. The half penny bridge is a little pedestrian bridge and back in the day you used to have to pay half a penny to cross the bridge, hence the name, but it is now free.

Since St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and he got rid of all the snakes we just had to visit St Patricks Cathedral. It is very beautiful but I always think it is so wierd that the minute we walked in we began whispering. There is also a plaque that commemorates the soldiers who died in the South African war. I begin to wonder if the English ever fought a war for themselves or if they always got other countrires to do it for them. Kidding.







Next was Kleinmanham Gaol, we didn't have much of our day left and we didn't want to be too rushed getting to the airport so we did not pay to go in. They did let us into the museum though. So we had a look around before hopping back onto the bus.








Best place to buy gifts and memorabilia is Carrolls and boy oh boy did mom and I go to town. We did not buy the hats featured in the pic though - that was just for a happy photo shot. But if I do say myself I think we make quite a cute pair of Leprechauns. ;)