We made it to Dublin. Andi planned a surprise visit to the Guinness plant. The facility was very nice with a lot of great displays. You finish the tour at the top of the old plant with a very modern glass-walled bar looking out over Dublin. Too bad there is not much to look at, Dublin was a little plain. We saw the Dublin castle, but tours were sold out. Other than that, we did not find much here of interest.
Driving into Ireland we were on one of their new interstate type motorways, two lane each way with a nice shoulder. Surprisingly, the speed limit was the same as we had driving to the Cliffs of Moher, a twisty up-and-down road with barely enough room to overtake oncoming traffic with a hard rock wall on one side and a cliff to the ocean on another. 100 kph or a little over 60 MPH! Getting back to the Autobahn will be nice wrt speed limits at least. It has been great being in a country where the culture is similar to the US. It accentuates the differences in Germany. Ice. Air-conditioning. Talking to strangers. Beer in cans.
However, the old man vest with pockets was not a fashion item in the UK and Ireland.
Looking back at the last week, some of the highlights:
- Thomas land in Birmingham
- Coventry Cathedral ruins
- Stonehenge
- Westminster Abbey
- Cliffs of Moher
- Driving through remote mountains to Tully Cross
- Daughter's second birthday
- Guinness tour
Guinness was very good, but my wife likes Murphy s better. The best was in the tasting room where they pull straight from the plant.
