Monday, 8/1/11, Dublin
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| Can you find me in the picture? |
Kat and I were up and at 'em this morning - at Trinity College by 9:45am to see the famous Book of Kells. It's some old illustrated manuscript of the Gospels... it was really neat, but again, Kat had that dang camera out... Signs were posted EVERYWHERE with pictures of a camera with a thick black line drawn through it. No one questions what those signs mean. But Kathryn couldn't stand it... after taking numerous shots throughout the exhibit (and I just pretended I didn't know her), an usher/security guard approached her and said, "No photographs; you need to erase those photos." Kathryn tried to act like she didn't know that pictures were prohibited... didn't work. I giggled over in the corner as he stood over her shoulder and made her erase every picture she had taken. I didn't say it, but... I told her so. The Book of Kells was interesting, but even better was the Long Room of the library at the college. Home to some 200,000 old books, it was a long room (hence the name) with dark arched ceilings, thick wooden beam supports, and display cases filled with old medical textbooks and musical compositions. We even saw a skeleton from a 7ft tall man, a Siegfried bust, and lots of funny tourists...
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| So excited about Guinness! |
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| Taking the pour VERY seriously... |
Next on our agenda was to visit the Guinness storehouse. We set off for it, and 30 minutes later realized that it was FAR AWAY... made a few stops and finally found the place! The Guinness storehouse sits on several city blocks on the edge of the city, and they have converted areas of the old brewery into this visitor exhibit that is incredible... We spent about 4 hours there taking pictures, watching videos,and learning to pour the perfect pint. That's right, folks, we learned how to pour a perfect Guinness. Apparently it's an art... (I can teach you if you want to know) Of course, after learning how to pour a pint appropriately, we judged each bartender's performance at every pub stop for the rest of the trip:) You would be surprised at the number of disappointing pours we witnessed!
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| Trying to be inconspicuous as Kat takes pictures at the pub |
After wandering around Dublin for a couple more hours, we stopped and ate a lovely dinner at the Porter House Brewery, where Kathryn spent 30 minutes trying to take a picture of the hanging lights over the bar. I just pretended like I didn't know her (are you seeing a theme here?).
A few Dublin loves:
black opaque tights with denim cut off shorts, cobblestone streets, the Viking tour group that yells "ARGH!!" as they ride down the streets, our Argentinian roommates who spoke French (or so I thought - I'm not good at languages:), old architecture mixed with new, the "Star Wars" beeping of the crossing guards, flower boxes spilling over with flowers
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| Can't take her anywhere... the pic doesn't show the guy on the other side of the bar who was laughing hysterically at Kathryn! |
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Tomorrow we pick up the car.
1 comment:
Meagan - LOVE this post! You two look like you're having so much fun. I can't believe the security guard made Kat delete every picture. Was she able to sneak one on her iPhone? :)
I also love that y'all have begun judging the bartenders. I'm surprised Kathryn hasn't hopped over and shown them how to do it. Keep blogging Meagan - I love it!
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