EIS – Dublin Day 2 (Day 18)

EIS – Dublin Day 2 (Day 18)

(9/4/2010)  (It's been quite awhile since I've been able to get a connection to the Internet, therefore you'll see that these are about 9 days late.  And then when I did get an Internet connection, it is very slow and erratic.  Now we are home so I should get caught up quickly.)  --  Today is our second day in Dublin and we are not going on any trips this morning. Later in the afternoon, we are going to the Guinness brewery for a tour of the brewery and dinner.

Again, we saw some of the colorful doorways in old Georgian buildings.

Many buildings are old, and when I mean old, I am talking in late 1600's and early 1700's, but have great character.

We did however walk around for a little while. Unfortunately, there was a large disturbance and protest on one of the main streets that we were going to visit. Later in the day while watching the news, we found out it was a protest where Tony Blair was having a book signing. The protest was because of the war in Iraq.

During the Irish great famine in the mid 1800’s, ships sailed from Ireland to other countries like America and Canada. These ships ware called Famine ships, but they could have been called death ships. The captains of these ships would cram about 200 people into a cargo space so small there would be little room to move. Usually about half of those on the ships would die.

A sculpture piece occupies a section of the sidewalk where the ship is berthed. It is represents to the memory of the victims of the great famine, and for the descendants who have done so much to build Canada, presented by the prime Minister of Canada in 1999.

While walking around we found this in an antiques shop. I thought it was a little unusual to see this in Dublin, Ireland.

Along the walkway of the waterway, there are anchor hooks for ships or barges.

This evening we went to the Guinness brewery. Our guide gave us a tour of the place and we find out that the center of this section of the building is in the shape of a pint of Guinness. You can see this in the floor layout.

This Guinness brewery puts out hundreds of thousands of pints a day. Here I am with one now, thousands more to go.

They pour the Guinness in two stages. First, three-fourths of the glass is poured pulling the tap forward, and then set aside.

Once the color changes to black, they poured the remainder of the glass by pushing the tap back. Here the tap specialist is filling the remainder of the glass and is creating a shamrock shape in the creamy foam.



Until later, Bob and Carmen – EIS.