Day 3 - still keeping up with writing posts about every day in this trip, which is a really good thing, maybe I'll be able to write more even when I come back from the trip.
After 12 hours of beauty sleep, I figured I can sleep forever and maybe a cup of coffee will help me to continue my adventures.
We were not exactly sure if brunch is a thing here. Why? Well to put it nicely we got really used to living in New York, which is also known as a capital of the world, which is 100 steps ahead of the rest of the world in everything. In yesterday posts I forgot to mention a couple more discoveries in comparison to the New York obviously. The wheel in the car is on the right side and cars are obviously driving on the right side of the road. The plan for the phone is much much and much cheaper than in New York. Bad news is there is no 4G internet here, in general internet here is very and very slow. Almost everything is closed on the weekend or opened till like 6 (what a joke), well actually, during the week closing time is not much different. So going back to brunch, the reason why we were not sure if brunch is the thing here, was that Dublin obviously a few steps behind of New York. But luckily for us brunch does exist here. We ate in the very nice and cozy place called HerbStreet. It had a view on the river and tables outside with a cute blanket along with every chair, which could be used if it's too windy outside. The person who came up with that idea is genius in my personal opinion. The food was delicious. Such a great beginning of the day.
Today we decided to go with 2 things that Dublin and Ireland in general is famous for. Yep, beer and whiskey, Old Jameson Distillery and Guinness Storehouse. People, who know me well, are probably laughing reading that sentence, since I'm not a drinker at all, especially whiskey and beer. Well, skipping ahead, I can honestly say I really enjoyed both tours. (not because of drinking obviously)
As part of the experience and also kind as nostalgic thing, we decided to take a tram to Jameson Distillery. I have to say that rates for the tram here are almost the same as for the transport in New York. Another discovery - signs for everything: cafe, stores, museums, not just street names. So it's kind of impossible to miss distillery, since like 20 signs are leading you towards it.
Not a discovery, but a note to every traveler, if you still have a student id, take it everywhere you go, discount with student id are very popular. I think I saved like 10 euros on tickets by just having my student id which me, also they only checked it in one place out of 3 places we went to today, but to be safe just take it with you.
There are different options for tours, we went with the one that allows us to both get some history and some tasting. The guide was amazing, very knowledgable and funny. He told us about John Jameson and about his moto:"Sine metu" Which translates from latin as "without fear". How because of the revolution and the location of the distillery, it was used as one of the base buildings and workers were not able to work for 2 weeks. But John Jameson paid his employees for every day during those 2 weeks. He told us about how it was not always easy to keep the business profitable, how at some point Jameson had to merge with other whiskey company. Everything that the guide was saying was also accompanied with really cool video. Interesting fact is that employees actually got 2 free drinks at the beginning and the end of every work day. He told us many other interesting facts, but before we moved to the different room he said that now employees interpret the moto a little bit differently: "Fear a little bit less, live a little bit more" Which I though I could actually use as my moto.
Next room told us everything about ingredients and the process of making Jameson, and what makes it so different from the rest of the whiskey in the world. The secret is it goes through distillery 3 times, unlike other whiskeys that go through distillery only twice. It makes Jameson much more smoother than the rest.
Well and the last room was of course tasting. We got to compare Jameson to scotch and to American whiskey (Jack Daniels). Even for me, not a drinker at all, Jameson tasted much smoother than 2 others. And yes, I tried all 3 of them but just a sip and with a glass of water after each. The funny joke the guide made:"This is probably the first times you guys tried Jack Daniels without coke." (most of the crowd were Americans)
The price of the ticket also included one free drink. Bogdan got Jameson with Ginger ale and lemon, I got... Correct! Just Ginger ale :)
Very excited we moved to another alcohol tour location - Guinness Storehouse. Here they actually asked me to show my student ID before giving me tickets.
The fact that they had audio tour we discovered only when we were leaving, but it was still a very interesting experience with talking pictures (analogy with Harry Potter for me for some reason), they were telling the story of the Arthur Guinness and his family and business of course. One of the floors had details of the process of beer making. Turns out that Guinness is made under specific temperature of 232 degrees. Degree more or degree less, it's not the same flavor. And obviously there is a couple floors where you get to exchange your tickets to the couple of glasses of beer of different colors and flavors and eat a pretzel along with it. Yes, hahaha, I just ate a pretzel. There is also the gallery floor and funny floor with moving characters of each Guinness commercial. And the last and the most beautiful one is the floor with obviously a bar and 360 degree view on the Dublin.
While eating pretzel we decided that the next destination is going to be less exciting than previous 2 drinking ones, but more cultural one - St. Patrick's Cathedral. I know, very unexpected.
I have to say I was not surprised that entrance there also costs money. I don't know if that's appropriate but a fact. I don't have much to say about it. The history of it and how it was changing from Catholic Cathedral to Protestant and now it's both, you can read online. But it is very beautiful with all the mosaic. And we did light candles, because it turns out we both believe that it doesn't matter if it's the right church or not, if it's a synagogue or not, the only thing matters if you believe in God or not.
After religious experience we went to have food experience at really amazing and very cheap tapas place called "Las Tapas de Lola". It was very good and very cheap.
And that's all for today. I'm packing my backpack cause tomorrow morning I have a flight to London. I can't believe it's actually happening!!! Talk to you tomorrow, all day is planned and I'll have a lot to tell about.
After 12 hours of beauty sleep, I figured I can sleep forever and maybe a cup of coffee will help me to continue my adventures.
We were not exactly sure if brunch is a thing here. Why? Well to put it nicely we got really used to living in New York, which is also known as a capital of the world, which is 100 steps ahead of the rest of the world in everything. In yesterday posts I forgot to mention a couple more discoveries in comparison to the New York obviously. The wheel in the car is on the right side and cars are obviously driving on the right side of the road. The plan for the phone is much much and much cheaper than in New York. Bad news is there is no 4G internet here, in general internet here is very and very slow. Almost everything is closed on the weekend or opened till like 6 (what a joke), well actually, during the week closing time is not much different. So going back to brunch, the reason why we were not sure if brunch is the thing here, was that Dublin obviously a few steps behind of New York. But luckily for us brunch does exist here. We ate in the very nice and cozy place called HerbStreet. It had a view on the river and tables outside with a cute blanket along with every chair, which could be used if it's too windy outside. The person who came up with that idea is genius in my personal opinion. The food was delicious. Such a great beginning of the day.
Today we decided to go with 2 things that Dublin and Ireland in general is famous for. Yep, beer and whiskey, Old Jameson Distillery and Guinness Storehouse. People, who know me well, are probably laughing reading that sentence, since I'm not a drinker at all, especially whiskey and beer. Well, skipping ahead, I can honestly say I really enjoyed both tours. (not because of drinking obviously)
As part of the experience and also kind as nostalgic thing, we decided to take a tram to Jameson Distillery. I have to say that rates for the tram here are almost the same as for the transport in New York. Another discovery - signs for everything: cafe, stores, museums, not just street names. So it's kind of impossible to miss distillery, since like 20 signs are leading you towards it.
Not a discovery, but a note to every traveler, if you still have a student id, take it everywhere you go, discount with student id are very popular. I think I saved like 10 euros on tickets by just having my student id which me, also they only checked it in one place out of 3 places we went to today, but to be safe just take it with you.
There are different options for tours, we went with the one that allows us to both get some history and some tasting. The guide was amazing, very knowledgable and funny. He told us about John Jameson and about his moto:"Sine metu" Which translates from latin as "without fear". How because of the revolution and the location of the distillery, it was used as one of the base buildings and workers were not able to work for 2 weeks. But John Jameson paid his employees for every day during those 2 weeks. He told us about how it was not always easy to keep the business profitable, how at some point Jameson had to merge with other whiskey company. Everything that the guide was saying was also accompanied with really cool video. Interesting fact is that employees actually got 2 free drinks at the beginning and the end of every work day. He told us many other interesting facts, but before we moved to the different room he said that now employees interpret the moto a little bit differently: "Fear a little bit less, live a little bit more" Which I though I could actually use as my moto.
Next room told us everything about ingredients and the process of making Jameson, and what makes it so different from the rest of the whiskey in the world. The secret is it goes through distillery 3 times, unlike other whiskeys that go through distillery only twice. It makes Jameson much more smoother than the rest.
Well and the last room was of course tasting. We got to compare Jameson to scotch and to American whiskey (Jack Daniels). Even for me, not a drinker at all, Jameson tasted much smoother than 2 others. And yes, I tried all 3 of them but just a sip and with a glass of water after each. The funny joke the guide made:"This is probably the first times you guys tried Jack Daniels without coke." (most of the crowd were Americans)
The price of the ticket also included one free drink. Bogdan got Jameson with Ginger ale and lemon, I got... Correct! Just Ginger ale :)
Very excited we moved to another alcohol tour location - Guinness Storehouse. Here they actually asked me to show my student ID before giving me tickets.
The fact that they had audio tour we discovered only when we were leaving, but it was still a very interesting experience with talking pictures (analogy with Harry Potter for me for some reason), they were telling the story of the Arthur Guinness and his family and business of course. One of the floors had details of the process of beer making. Turns out that Guinness is made under specific temperature of 232 degrees. Degree more or degree less, it's not the same flavor. And obviously there is a couple floors where you get to exchange your tickets to the couple of glasses of beer of different colors and flavors and eat a pretzel along with it. Yes, hahaha, I just ate a pretzel. There is also the gallery floor and funny floor with moving characters of each Guinness commercial. And the last and the most beautiful one is the floor with obviously a bar and 360 degree view on the Dublin.
While eating pretzel we decided that the next destination is going to be less exciting than previous 2 drinking ones, but more cultural one - St. Patrick's Cathedral. I know, very unexpected.
I have to say I was not surprised that entrance there also costs money. I don't know if that's appropriate but a fact. I don't have much to say about it. The history of it and how it was changing from Catholic Cathedral to Protestant and now it's both, you can read online. But it is very beautiful with all the mosaic. And we did light candles, because it turns out we both believe that it doesn't matter if it's the right church or not, if it's a synagogue or not, the only thing matters if you believe in God or not.
After religious experience we went to have food experience at really amazing and very cheap tapas place called "Las Tapas de Lola". It was very good and very cheap.
And that's all for today. I'm packing my backpack cause tomorrow morning I have a flight to London. I can't believe it's actually happening!!! Talk to you tomorrow, all day is planned and I'll have a lot to tell about.
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