As usual and early set off. This time to another handweaving hill at Avaco then to a Glendalough, the start of early Irish Christianity, to visit an old ruin Abbey.
Then it was back to Dublin and had a nice seafood chowder at Jurys Inn before meeting up with Kim, Nathy and Carlos. We had a good time at The Bank Restaurant and it was good meeting up after so many years. I didn't even know they left Singapore in 2009. Nathy and Carlos have become Irish citizen and Carlos is doing well in his job and Nathy is expecting after 15 years of trying. Kim is also doing well and happy teaching English as a foreign language. It was a very awesome way to end my visit to Ireland. Tomorrow early morning I will be taking the Airport Express for 6 Euro to the airport.
At 3 pm promptly, we all got up the bus and on our way for a short city tour of Dublin. We did a few stops for pic but most of time we were driving around the busy city of Dublin. It's a very busy place, with lots people and cars.
There was a change in program, were going to do Guinness Store House tonight and not the last night. Since I read so much about it I decided to go for it since I was not going to meet up with Kim. It was somewhat expensive, 72 Euro, but since it was Ireland number 1 tour, I had to do it. I guess it was okay, the guided tour, drink and dinner and transport back to the hotel. Guinness store it's an impressive 7 storey building with restaurants and a very nice glass bar on the 6th floor where we were served a pint of Guinness. I had my own half pint of Guinness with Ribena but it was still too bitter for me. Definitely not a drink for me, left half a glass in the end. For dinner, we had Irish stew (with Guinness of course) and a generous helping of salads and sides and for dessert I had a banana cream tart. After dinner, we had time to browse at the store and manage to even buy a magnet and two cute small shopping bags.
So what have I learnt on this tour - that Guinness
1) Is not black but Ruby Red
2) That it needs two pour to make a delicious stout
3) That the yeast used its since Day 1, they kept growing it and it kept in a safe
4) That the land is lease for 1 thousand years
5) Is a really prestige place to work
6) That the liquid is shipped via vessel and bottled elsewhere
7) Is very rich in iron and Irish women will drink a pint after delivery
