Dublin did have a bit of traffic, but it also had something we had been missing. Traffic lights! No roundabouts here! The part we drove through looked kind of trashy, so we didn't think Dublin was much nicer than Limerick at all. We made it to the Storehouse without incident. I had pre-booked tickets to save a couple euros, and was I glad I had. There was a huge foreign tour group getting tickets at the counter, and we were able to go to the self-serve kiosk and right through the gates.
The tour was self-guided, but we learned a lot, and there was so much to look at. The bar at the top had a panoramic view of Dublin where we enjoyed a tasty pint. We visited the Guinness Store and bought several t-shirts, pint glasses, and other little trinkets. We even bought some Guinness chocolate bars, and they were definitely interesting. Then we used another coupon I had to eat lunch on site, and there was another unexpected surprise...an ice bucket! Were we in heaven?
The hubs surprisingly didn't want to traipse around Dublin, so we hopped back in the car and on the way back stopped in Roscrea. There was another castle tour we did there and we walked around a bit. After that we went back to Limerick and chilled. It was a fun, but exhausting vacation! I wanted to start packing things up, taking inventory of souvenirs for the customs form, and just little stuff like that, so we ordered room service. Bad idea. We did get them to send up a bucket of ice, but the food we received was rather nasty. At this point I was really missing "normal" food and was ready to get home just to have something I knew I would like.
As always, a few pics from the day:
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| View of Dublin from top of Guinness Storehouse |
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| Roscrea |
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| Roscrea |
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| Looks are VERY deceiving |
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