To Dublin!


We drove straight through to Dublin and returned our car at the airport. We took a 20-30 minute taxi ride into the city center with a flamboyant driver. He was a reformed alcoholic, but told us where all the great pubs were.

We tried out his first, O'Donoghue's, on Merrion Row, which is a famous pub for launching the careers of local traditional musicians. It is also reputed to be one of the best pours of Guinness .. and it was! This might have been my best Guinness yet. I had my 8th/9th pint and Diane had her 13th/14th Bulmer's. We walked around the shops on Grafton Street (reminded me of the Plaza del Sol in Madrid or the main strip through Lyon in France). We then walked to the Temple Bar area for dinner. We ate at Cafe de la Med. Awesome Mediterranean fusion food.

We stopped at Reilley's, next to Foley's restaurant for our 10th Guinness, 15th Bulmer's. The Guinness was "extra cold", per the emblem on the tap, so it wasn't as good as earlier in the day. But, it was a nice pub that was filled with very amicable locals.

Our Nissan Micra:

Posted: Thu - September 11, 2003 at 06:52 PM          

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