Day 1--Dublin

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The flight seemed really long, but that's probably because it was hard to sleep for the few hours it was dark from Chicago to Ireland and there wasn't anything to watch because the movie player wasn't working right. But we finally landed and could start the adventure. We took a bus from the airport to the city center and started our way around town. We first ended up at Trinity College where we were able to walk around the grounds and begin taking a ton of pictures. Unfortunately, the Book of Kells exhibit wasn't open yet because our fight was early so we moved on to our next destination.

After exiting Trinity College we decided to get tickets for a hop-on-hop-off double decker bus so we could faster explore the city and get around easier. We rode the bus around a good portion of the route taking pictures of many historical and famous land marks in Dublin. A few of these included St. Patricks Cathedral, the Guiness Factory, the Dublin Zoo, and many places of government.

Our first jumping off point was at the Jameson Distillary. Here we were able to take a tour of a replica of what used to be the Jamesson Distillary. I was chosen to be a voluntar for taste testing and comparing of different whiskey. I tried a scotch whiskey (Johnny Walker), an American Whiskey (Jack Daniels), and finally Irish Whiskey (of course, Jameson). After that I got a certificate and recieved my drink of Jameson which Justin had already recieved while I was taste testing.

We continued our journey on the bus around the route stopping at the Christ Church Cathedral to take pictures but decided we'd prefer to enter St Patrick's Cathedral and walked over that way. There we entered the Cathedral and continued taking more pictures.

After all this exploring--and not sleeping much on the plane--we decided it was about time to get in a nap and check into our hostel--Jacob's Inn. After the much needed rest it was time to head back out and grab dinner and explore Temple Bar. We ate dinner at the Badass Cafe then walked around people watching and listening to street performers. After more exploring of the area it was time to take a rest and grab a drink and listen to some Irish Music. We decided to listen to a band at the Oliver St. John Gogarty Temple Bar.

A little more walking around and we found our way back to Jacob's Inn to get ready for our next day.

"Happy Birthday Dad!" - Justin