Dublin

We really enjoyed our stay in Rome and  the apartment was great and very well located.
The four of us got a cab out to Rome airport and said our farewells. Mark and Bev flew down to Sicily and Pen and I boarded an Aer Lingua flight to Dublin in Ireland. We were held up in Rome with technical problems so arrived 1.5 hours late.
Our landlord Tom was there to meet us at our apartment which was on the third floor without a lift. That was a surprise to us but we have got used to it.
Yesterday we caught a hop on hop off bus around Dublin. We certainly didn't realize it had such an old and rich history. It's a much more relaxing atmosphere than some of the cities we have been to recently.

Poor old Molly Malone (the fish monger with her barrow) has been well fondled over the years.

We had a wonderful experience last night where we went to a Celtic Night at the Arlington Hotel.
We were down stairs in a cave-like room where we had a 3 course meal and a floor show with tap dancers and a 4 piece band.

There would have been about 100 people there from 12 different countries but we were the only Kiwis.

Today I walked to the Guinness brewery where  I did a self guided tour of the old 7 storied building. It was just an interactive display of all the different stages of the beer brewery process but unfortunately we didn't see the actual making of the beer. It is the biggest tourist attraction in Ireland but wasn't too busy when I went.

Barrel making was a huge industry years ago.

Over 5000 people were employed by Guinness years ago but they are now down to 800.

Two thirds of all the barley grown in Ireland is used by Guinness.

Found this bronze bloke on a bench this morning.