the waterford crystal factory was awesome! we saw them make a jug!!! soooo cool! we only bought a few glasses... we swear... we got in to the tour for free, so we could kind of justify it. haha we got to dublin 4 days ago, and it has rained for three of the days we've been here. on saturday we took a day trip up to belfast, because that was our favourite place and we had a few extra days on our eurail passes because they forgot to stamp it... oops. we went back to all the places we liked in belfast except for cyprus avenue because it was raining too much.
on sunday we were walking back to our hostel and stumbled across o'sullivans pub (squashed between murphy's bar and murphy's bistro) we could hear some awesome blues music so we went in, stole some bar stools and listened to ditch cassidy and his band for 3 hours. it was awesome!! there was a lady next to us who was really getting in to it (slightly TOO much) and kept trying to steal the microphone. hilarious. it was great!
we went to temple bar yesterday. that was cool. we walked around all the streets and saw the 'oldness' of it. the guinness factory was definitely worth going to - it was amazing to see how they made it! we could now open up our own guinness factory; we're experts! (and we took pictures of the recipe, but that doesn't count, does it?)
at the waterford factory i got to hold a tennis master trophy, and also a replica of the ashes and also a golf one. i held the golf one for uncle john. i tried to bring it home but they shot me in the foot so i couldnt run.. (you should see her trying to walk now - HILARIOUS!!!) its the thought that counts.
dublin has been awesome, its the cleanest city we've been in. i recon it could almost beat singapore. everywhere you look, they're cleaning something. my favourite place in dublin was temple bar. its a district thats very funky and with it. it has awesome shops and music places. i possibly spent lots of money there...possibly..
like ange said, the guinness factory was awesome. it really was something else. it wasnt even that much to see, because there are 4 ingredients, but it was done so well, you could spend ages there, which we did. mainly because we paid for a ticket and we are stingy... hehe nah, it was great. then we got a sample at the end, but it was mid-strength. what a let down. but it was such a
great experience. my favourite was when they showed you how they used to make the barrels. awesome. after that, for some strange reason i felt like a guinness, so we went to THE temple bar, which is in temple bar, and had a drink and played cards. we know how to roll.
off to sweden tonight, looking forward to stockholm!
ps - mum, i am sick and i want a googie egg.
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hi love sorry to hear you are sick grab an egg bring to boil and boil for three minutes and cut toast into soldiers it works wonders he hebut not the same as if your mum does it heres some kisses that will make you better x x x x
Great Try for the Trophy , You will get it next time, dont give up.
Good to see you are having a great time.About to commence stocktake we are all missing you.
Let us know what you think of the Swedish beer, Cheers John and Crew
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