Dublin Pass

When I got home to Dublin,the tables turned and I went from being a tourist to being a local leading friends from out of town around (kind of). Katie and I started off bright and early (we had very little sleep because I had taken her out to my favorite club in Dublin the night before) and bought the Dublin Pass which allowed us to see a lot of touristy things at a set price.


We started off by going to St. Patrick's Cathedral which was very beautiful.  Then we went to Dublinia which was kind of like a children's museum but it was about Viking and Medieval Dublin.  It was pretty awesome especially the parts where we got to try on "clothing"from the eras.  We had a lot of fun (probably too much fun) although a middle school field trip was there and they kept cramping our style and making us have to share!


After we went to Christ Church Cathedral, which any devoted blog readers would remember I visited one of my first weekends in Dublin (but I was too cheap to pay to go inside the cathedral part). We were able to walk around inside, and went down to the basement where we thought there was a crypt, but then we realized that the crypt was just the name of a cafe (or so we think).  Our trip to the crypt cafe was not in vain though because we saw costumes from the tv show The Tudors (which I haven't actually ever seen but it was still awesome!).  


At this point we had lunch at one of my favorite places in Dublin, Nandos, which admittedly is not at all even close to Irish and is very American of me to like. We had delicious sandwiches and chips (fries) and the best part our unlimited refill pop was free with our student card. Love Nandos.


We had to head back to UCD, because we were picking up our friend Chelsey who is studying abroad, and her friend Alexis.  They hopped off the aircoach and got settled, and then it was back to the city center to go to the Guinness storehouse.


The Guinness Storehouse was very cool, definitely worth a visit. I learned that the Guinness Book of Records is the same Guinness. Who knew? (not me.)  I am also now an expert at brewing Guinness, and can taste the hops and barely in every sip.


We had dinner at this great cafe on Grafton Street in the middle of city center called Bewleys where I had this delicious salad that was somewhat game changing. Apparently this is turning into a food blog. 


We had an early night, as Chelsey and Alexis were exhausted from travelling, and Katie and I had a very early morning.