Ireland Travel Experience - Part 5

                                                Tourist offices in Dublin offer a Dublin pass which is very helpful to cover the major attractions in the same day avoiding the rush in getting entry tickets. We took that pass for 35 euro per head from the tourist office in the old stone church in Dublin. They gave a tour package guide and maps for visitor's attractions. By 10:30 a.m in the morning, we we went to Christ church cathedral - unfortunately it was closed due to some security tightening schedules. So it is better to plan your day tour by checking the timings - opening  and closing hours of the sights you are going to visit. 

Then we entered into the DUBLINIA and started taking snaps with the historical and medieval Ireland culture, people and environment. It was a fun ride to get the viking and medieval exhibition experience @ Dublinia. You get a feel like you are visiting a viking warrior by wearing those viking armors and holding the weapons.By 11:00 a.m we went to St. Patrick's cathedral and spent half an hour there exploring the history of cathedral and Saint Patrick.

After that we were headed up to the Guinness Store house where we saw a big queue lined up. After waiting in the same queue for about 10 minutes, we came to know that for the guys who had Dublin pass, there was no need to stand in the queue. Then we rushed inside soon and reached the first floor. Taking few snaps, we started exploring the store house built by Arthur Guinness. Every where it was Guinness only - Guinness T-shirts, Guinness cups, barrels and then Guinness beer. We were able to see the process of making a beer - brewing, meshing, fermentation etc.

Source was mainly barley and yeast. There were tasting rooms for whoever wish to taste 1 pint of Guinness beer.Then we were moving on to the next floor by escalator as it had 7 floors in total. Once we reached the top floor, there was a gravity bar which gives 360 degree view of the entire Dublin city. We did a lot of walking on the same day to reach Kilmainham Gaol - it is an old prison in Dublin. But as we went after the closing hours of visiting the jail, we were not able to enter it. The day tour is not yet finished here...

To be continued ...