Day 5 Ireland

The last day was spent in two manners, both were intended to put a giant indent in the tourist in us. We did a quick tour of Dublin, then walked back to some of the sights we wanted to persue a little closer. That was followed by a little rest, before our late night Ghost Tour. It was cool. Interesting more than scary.



Here is a large house across from the bus depot.





Here is a few shots from Phoenix Park, one of the largest parks in Britain. The statue is in memory of Waterloo and then the other is the Presidents House, both housed in the park along with the zoo and some public polo, football and Gaelic football fields.




As we continued on the tour, we saw evidence that our clan existed in Ireland...also sales people.



Next we went to several cathedrals. The first is St. Patricks, built in the 1100's.








Next we went to Christ Church, around the corner. You will see pictures inside, including the crypt.







Our last stop of the day, was to the Ghost Tour. The tour guide said that if you look at the orbs in the picture, they are ghost. Here are a few examples.




All and all, an amazing trip. Back to real life and getting ready to close on a house.

Day 4 Ireland

Before we went another night to U2, we went to see the Guinness Factory tour, which is celebrating 250 years this year of existence.






There were several interesting pieces to this tour, the first was the display of the 9000 year lease that Aurthur Guinness was able to get the state too sign. After 250 years, there are a few more years left in the lease and I think they will keep it.




To make the Stout, you have to have some ingredients. Here are a few of the key items, wheat, barley, and water.





You have to have a place to store the items, so here is a large barrel to hold the beer. (These shots show angles from the inside and the outside.)




A picture of Christin and I at the waters edge.



Here are a few more steps, the finished product and a little shamrock touch to the pour. Talented.







At the very end, we were in a 360 degree floating bar on the top floor. Here are a number of shots from these views. Shows Dublin from many points of view.








The beams on the tour reminds us of truths:



Time for the concert, as always, see the Greasy Lumberjack for details. Here is a shot of Christin and I at the concert in the inner circle before the party.

Day 3 in Ireland

Most of the information on Day 3 will be held on the GreasyLumberJack site. It is mostly music related.

Here are a couple of pictures from the concert.

Day 2 in Ireland

Time to break out of Dublin and head to the country side.

The GPS we had wasn't updated to the new highways, but that was okay....we wouldn't have seen the crazy back road scenery. We would have missed out on several castles, several near miss hits in the car and some quaint eateries. Bottom line, yesterday was well needed.


Christin was fascinated with driving on the opposite side of the road.




Here is a shot of the rolling hills, someones land that was well kept. (One thing we noticed right away was the cleanliness of Ireland. Super clean.) Also, one of the castles we visited. Christin kept thinking of Monty Python and the Holy Grail the whole time. She wanted to launch cows over the wall.

We then proceeded down the road to our final destination. There were several great scenes from this road to the west coast, here are a few examples.

Lastly, we went to the Cliffs of Moher, the place where Princess Bride was filmed. (For those of you that have seen the movie, you will get it.) This was priceless. I think we will just let the pictures say the 1,000 words instead of me.

Christin smarted off one time, and I showed her who is boss. Then I saved her and she retaliated with trying to knock me over the edge. Not the right place to get in a fight.

Up next, U2!!!!