Museum of Modern Art & Guinness Factory
We got up at 7:30 and got prepped for the day.
We went to a cafe across the street for breakfast and had pain au chocolat &
espresso to get our day going. Then, we did lots of walking to St. Patrick's
and Christ Church Cathedral.
We arrived at the Ireland Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) at 10 AM and enjoyed a free visit. Beautiful pieces in exhibit of Cristina Iglesias. Wow! Her best pieces, IMHO, were of a cardboard town she built which she then photo-lithographed onto copper plates. Wow. Other exhibits were good, but check these out if you ever get a chance!
Off to the Guinness Factory tour. The facility used to be the old factory, but the inside was gutted to install a seven floor celebration of Guinness. They included how Guinness is made, how it is advertised, sold, etc. On the top floor is the Gravity Bar, where everyone gets a free pint of Guinness and can enjoy an almost panoramic view of Dublin. Diane drank her whole first pint of Guinness! Believe it or not, this was not my favorite pint ... O'Donaghue's was the best.
We walked back to the hotel to deposit our Guinness Storefront merchandise and were off again. Too late to change currency, so we went to the Hairy Lemon, an excellent pub near the Temple Bar. We sat in an alcove overlooking the ground floor and drank Guinness and Bulmer's to our heart's content!
We walked up the street to "Taste of India" for dinner. I had the HOTTEST vindaloo in my life. The owner told us it was closer to real Indian spice levels, although our waiter said it was still tame. Diane had the lamb saag and even that was very hot to the taste. We spent so much time chatting with the owner of the restaurant (who had just returned from a business trip to Las Vegas), that he bought us a round of Bailey's on the house. Very cool.
We arrived at the Ireland Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) at 10 AM and enjoyed a free visit. Beautiful pieces in exhibit of Cristina Iglesias. Wow! Her best pieces, IMHO, were of a cardboard town she built which she then photo-lithographed onto copper plates. Wow. Other exhibits were good, but check these out if you ever get a chance!
Off to the Guinness Factory tour. The facility used to be the old factory, but the inside was gutted to install a seven floor celebration of Guinness. They included how Guinness is made, how it is advertised, sold, etc. On the top floor is the Gravity Bar, where everyone gets a free pint of Guinness and can enjoy an almost panoramic view of Dublin. Diane drank her whole first pint of Guinness! Believe it or not, this was not my favorite pint ... O'Donaghue's was the best.
We walked back to the hotel to deposit our Guinness Storefront merchandise and were off again. Too late to change currency, so we went to the Hairy Lemon, an excellent pub near the Temple Bar. We sat in an alcove overlooking the ground floor and drank Guinness and Bulmer's to our heart's content!
We walked up the street to "Taste of India" for dinner. I had the HOTTEST vindaloo in my life. The owner told us it was closer to real Indian spice levels, although our waiter said it was still tame. Diane had the lamb saag and even that was very hot to the taste. We spent so much time chatting with the owner of the restaurant (who had just returned from a business trip to Las Vegas), that he bought us a round of Bailey's on the house. Very cool.
St. James Gate in
Dublin:
Diane & Drew under the waterfall in Guinness Storefront exhibit:
Diane and a Bailey's Cow at the Storefront!
Diane & I at the end of the tour:
Diane & Drew under the waterfall in Guinness Storefront exhibit:
Diane and a Bailey's Cow at the Storefront!
Diane & I at the end of the tour:
Posted: Fri - September 12, 2003 at 07:03 PM
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