After sleeping in, taking our time putting up the blog post, and gathering our things, we left Salthill/Galway and headed to Dublin. After stopping for petro and a yummy chicken burrito at the Centra/gas station, we were on our way to the Academy Plaza hotel (aka - Best Western) to drop off our things because we bought tickets to Guinness last night online for 10% off! Each ticket gets you a free pint of beer - yay!! So, we arrived at our hotel after the 2.5 hour drive, literally put our stuff down, used the potty, and headed to St. James Gate (aka: Guinness)! The tour was better than we thought it would be. It goes into detail about how they make the beer and what makes them different than other brewers and other beers! There was a tasting area and then a free pint at the end of the tour. Chris doesn't like beer, so LouAnna was able to drink both pints! Yay! We even got a few recipes and will TOTALLY be making the Beef and Guinness Stew! We both totally loved that!
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| Picture of what hops look like...they are flowers! |
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| LouAnna found an anchor inside Guinness! haha! |
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| Included in the price of admission! Both for LouAnna! |
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| the Miranda - a beer ship that transported to England. |
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| The actual bell from Miranda! Saw this in the taste testing room! |
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| We finally saw guys wearing kilts inside Guinness...this must be more of a Scotland thing. :( |
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| You would enter in on an iPad why you like Guinness and it would be added to their interactive screen in the factory. Here was LouAnna's. |
After Guinness, we went back to our hotel and asked the receptionist where we could get a good plate of fish and chips. She told us about
Murray's, just around the corner. Boy, was she right?! That was the best plate of fish that LouAnna had this trip, and Chris thought the Bangers and Mash were pretty darn good, as well, We each had 3 Jameson and Cokes, as well. Cheers! Man, that whiskey is so smooth! Our waitress, Lily, was so adorable when she found out we are on our honeymoon. We ended up leaving with a little group hug! :)
Now, we are in our room, winding down and getting ready to sleep our last night in Ireland. Well, the last night for this trip. We are sure we'll be coming back before our passports expire! ;)
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| Fish and chips |
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| Bangers and mash |
We will be home tomorrow and we'll blog again, but it may not be till Sunday morning...or afternoon! Talk to you soon!! Love from Dublin!
Here's where we went today...
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