Day 2

Well, Day one consisted of walking around Dublin, seeing St. Patrick's cathedral, doing the Guiness storehouse tour and enjoying a Guiness on the seventh story bar with a 360 view of Dublin. We had some fish and chips for dinner and then headed home. Because Dave had been up 28 hours without minimal sleep, Greg 26 with a bit on the plane, and me 21 hours without a wink, we headed to bed quite early (about 8) and all of us slept clear through until about 9 am this morning. We headed to the Jameson Whiskey Distillery tour first thing this morning, and Dave and I became official Irish Whiskey tasters by 11 am. We joined the tour of a Finnish group, so were able to hear the entire tour twice (although we didn't understand a word from the Finnish translator. We also visited Christchurch, Dublin Castle, St. Stephen's Green, the Grand Canal locks on the River Liffey, ate lunch from the Grafton Street McDonald's on the greens at Trinity College. Yes, we got lunch at McDonald's...we had fish and chips last night, have had Guiness and Jameson Whiskey, so totally had a right to enjoy the flavors of home, as well as the speed and convenience of McDonalds. That's about it for the day, Greg is disappointed with the Irish girls (they tend to be kind of rough or tough looking), which I told him he would, Dave and I are just telling him to wait for Greece and Spain. Oh yeah, an 8-10 year old asked Dave and me if we had a smoke at the train station. We did not, of course.