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Sitting in bed in the hostel in Dublin, Ireland listening to Dave Matthews. We�re both tired and have had a big adventure so far. We�re staying at Litton Lane Hostel, just north of the river Liffey. The hostel room itself is okay (we�re on the 4th fl) and has a double bed, wardrobe, skylight, vaulted ceiling and TV that doesn�t work. I was pissed upon arrival �cause on hostels.com we thought the room had a bathroom, but doesn�t in reality. The showers suck and this definitely isn�t what I thought I was paying for. Other than that, it�s just okay. We�re in the city centre and can walk to most of the sites, which is cool. Today we went to the Guinness Factory (Guinness Storehouse) and Old Jameson Distillery � both impressive, although Guinness much more so since it was more like a museum and occupied 7 levels. We had dinner in the oldest pub in Dublin, the Brazen Head, built in 1198.
Julie got tired of writing last night & she�s currently reading the Beatles book, so I will do the writing. We�re at the Dublin airport and waiting (1 hour) for the flight back to Manchester. Dublin�s a cool place. Definitely OLD, but very cosmopolitan and lots of foreigners (American, French, Germans & many others). The weather is similar to Wales, where it goes from rainy > cloudy > sunny > cloudy fairly quickly. Ah well, all you can do is be prepared. Thankfully our hostel wasn�t too far off the city center where we were dropped off. Maybe a few blocks. The rooms in the hostel were OK, but the bathrooms did indeed suck. Yesterday I had to do a partial cold shower and that blew. Today, thankfully, I used a different one and had hot water. Still crappy water pressure, but I know that goes for all of Europe. On Ye Olde iPod I�m currently cranking Living on a Prayer. Rock! After we settled into the hostel we went out and walked around the Temple Bar area. OK, so most places in Dublin have a pub or 2 on EVERY BLOCK! Awesome. So yeah, we went to eat at Quay�s Kitchen, which was above Quay�s Bar. I had trad. Irish stew (meat, �taters & carrots) and of course, a Guinness. Hell yeah! Julie had some clam chowder and a Heineken. After the meal we each had a Jameson (whiskey) & Coke and they rocked. That�s where we got the idea to go to the Distillery. We wandered around some more, went past Dublin Castle (closed) and also saw the Christ Church Cathedral, which first had a building on the site in 1038. Yes, the city is OLD! Then, happy with our previous whiskey, we bought a 5th of Jameson, more cokes, and went back to the hostel.
