Outside of the Brewery, there was all of these horse drawn carriages. You could take one after touring the brewery into town. I can see why you would want one after drinking Guinness.
The streets near the brewery
yummy huge pint of Guinness
half pints, half way through the tour
I love all of the Guinness' advertisements' over the years.
Here and Here are some more ads for Guinness. During the tour you could walk through all of the different Guinness advertisement posters through out the years. I think this was my favorite part. The tour itself was ok, very commercial. I think we would have liked to see some of the working brewery, oh well.
One of the best parts is the pint of Guinness at the end of the tour. It is in a room called the Gravity Bar which had glass windows that looked out over the city of Dublin. Too bad is was a cloudy day.
We then went to visit the the Ireland's oldest pub, it dates back to 1198.
Here is some information from the website: The pub has managed to retain the charm and characteristics of it's past and in particular it's patrons, who have included such literaries as James Joyce, Brendan Behan andJonathan Swift as well as such revolutionaries as Robert Emmet, Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell and Michael Collins.Today the patrons still include some famous faces, including some very famous musicians like Van Morrison, Hothouse Flowers, Mary Black and Garth Brooks
inside the pub
View of the Liffey River at night. so beautiful
The Temple Bar Area at night.
One of the great things about Dublin are the street performers. They are all over the Temple Bar Area and Grafton Street. If you have ever seen the movie Once it is about the street performers in Dublin.
The next day we took a train to the sea side town of Dun Laogharie and then rented a car for a drive into Wicklow National Park.
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