And, YES! It began on a double-decker bus again. It was raining when our day started, but we were able to get a seat up top under the cover, so Nick was happy. And well protected from the rain in his red rain coat!
Posing for the camera...
We started our day at Dublin Castle. Here is the entry gate.
Unfortunately, the Castle itself was closed for the day. The only tours they were doing were of some of the outer buildings, so we just decided to check things out on our own. A Nick picture of us in the guard thing-y.
The boys...
The Castle courtyard.
The Castle church.
Annnnd, the Castle gardens...
Even though we had bus passes, we were relatively close to our next stop & it wasn't raining anymore, so we just walked over to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Inside the cathedral...
Cool helmet things over the choir seats.
On our walk to the next stop, we saw St. Nicholas Place - so I took a picture.
Our next stop - whoo hoo!!!
Our first stop was lunch. And a pint. Happy Mommy.
Yum... cascades of beauty...
The brewery has changed so much since my first visit some 15-odd years ago!! It's very high-tech now, with a ton of stuff to see and do. Nick was entertained and so were we. At the end of the tour, you head up to the Gravity Bar to have your free pint. It has a 360 degree view of all of Dublin. Here are Nick & me at our window spot (which you have to keep a keen eye out for!!)
The Dublin sky line. The Gravity Bar is the tallest building in Dublin. You can see the spire way in the distance.
Another Nick picture. He's becoming quite the photographer!!
Mommy & Nick in front of St. James's Gate.
For whatever reason, Nick wanted golf balls from the Guinness store. Weird kid!!
Our next stop was one of the oldest pubs in Dublin, which, of course, since I waited too long to do this post, I can't remember the name. I DO remember that they had these cool snugs that you could go in. You close the door to the rest of the bar and you had your own little space. These were made to accommodate women in pubs. Apparently as recently as the 1970's, women weren't allowed inside. So, in order to go in, they'd scoot women through the main bar and back into the snugs. Closed the door and no one was the wiser.
You even have your own window to the bar so you could order your drinks.
Here's a little video that gives a good view of everything.
After the pub, we headed back to the hotel area. We'd promised Nick that he could go to this arcade place that was across the street from our hotel. He was very excited because he won a Cars 2 lunch box. And it was full of loot too!
For our last dinner, we walked over to a pub and had some yummy pub grub. Here are Nick & Daddy at the bar ordering drinks.
It was a great trip - can't wait to go back!!!!
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