A Day In Dublin
Posted by Leonard And Me , 7.10.2018 4:46 PM
Dublin has lots of things to see and do....unfortunately, our schedule severely limited us around the city today. After our tour at Guinness in the morning...we were supposed to meet our CIE group at 2pm for a tour of the Dublin Castle....and then we had an evening Irish dinner show scheduled for 5pm. That left us with only a few free hours to explore Dublin.
It's no secret that we booked this trip to Ireland to hang out at lots of pubs and drink, drink, drink! We don't have to drive anywhere on this trip....and we're off school for another two months to recover from our hangovers! With that comes the responsibility of finding all the great places to sit and have a pint! Dublin simplifies this obstacle for you by providing three pubs down every city block! After Guinness, we planned to visit the only WORKING distillery in Dublin.
Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world, though a long period of decline from the late 19th century onwards greatly damaged the industry. So much so that although Ireland boasted over 30 distilleries in the 1890s, a century later, this number had fallen to just three. There has been a resurgence lately and Teeling Distillery, located in Dublin, is part of the new breed.
The big difference(s) between Scotch whiskey and Irish Whiskey is the fact that Scotch whiskey is distilled twice while Irish whiskey undergoes triple distillation. Scotch whiskey also has a smoky flavor because they use peat-smoked, wholly malted barley while Irish whiskey uses kiln-dried, raw and malted barley resulting in a smoother spirit. I'm becoming quite the whiskey connoisseur this summer!
After meeting our tour group in the afternoon to see the Dublin Castle....I can honestly say I never want to see another castle in my life! Never. Not one. None! The only reason Jenesa and I even came back across town for this tour was because it would be the first time to meet our new Irish tour guide....and we needed to know when to meet for our evening dinner show. The only picture-worthy part of this castle was the courtyard (pictured above). Get me out of here!
Tonight we visited the Merry Ploughboy Pub for an Irish dinner show. The band own and manage this traditional Irish pub and have entertained visitors for over 25 years. The show features the band and a group of Irish dancers (think Riverdance!) throughout the night. While watching the show we feasted on a 3-course meal and Irish coffee after dessert!
*** Luckily, we will be returning to Dublin at the end of this tour for another full day to explore more things around the city. Today we felt rushed and didn't have a lot of extra time to see and do as many things as we had hoped.
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