26 June 2005---Free day in Dublin
Mood:  cheeky
Today was more of a quiet day. A good thing considering the late night we had last night. The girls and I headed down to the Temple Bar area to have some fun, which we did...although I discovered this morning that some of us had more fun than others!

Temple Bar was sooooo very crowded and the pubs even more so with U2 being in town. Dublin was flooded with thousands of U2 fans this weekend, making an already crowded and busy city even more so.

It was still fun though...until I realized that I had worn the way wrong shoes. Ouch!! But I think I got proposed to, although I don't believe that his heart was in it! ;)

Today we walked down Grafton Street and the City Centre. It was like a huge bazaar with the musicians, jugglers, human statues and street performers. I think that Dublin's probably one of the few places on the plant you'll hear a penny whistle alongside a jackhammer. Strangely enough, it didn't seem out of place.

I would have loved to have spent more time exploring, but we had to get down to the Guinness Brewery and Storehouse before it closed for the day.

The Brewery was fascinating; learning about the history and the process of making Guinness. At least I found it interesting, some were more focused on the free Guinness at the end of the self-guided tour.

There's an area on I think the third floor where guests can write down their "I was here" cards. Us dawdlers wrote our epitaphs, and lets just say that Nina Cahill has left her mark at the Guinness Brewery!

At the very top of the building there's the Gravity Lounge, and it offers a spectacular view of Dublin and the surrounding hills and mountains. You can even see the Irish Sea on a clear day, which we were fortunate enough to have. Very cool place.

Lacey, Diana, Colleen and I were the dawdlers. We found a cute little restaurant somewhere in the City Centre. The food was excellent and we even got free wine with our dinner because we were 'early birds,' whatever that means, but I usually never say no to wine, especially free wine! :)

Not partying tonight, at least for this girl. Classes start tomorrow and I'm not one for hangovers in class. Just not my cup of tea.

Toodles!