Overall, the Guinness tour was not that impressive. 13.50 Euro (that includes my student discount) was the cost. If it were much more I would not recommend it.
It's a self guided tour that takes you through the basic steps on brewing Guinness. The highlights were the tasting, pouring and the Gravity Bar.
As I borrowed a fellow classmate's camera I don't have many pictures on my phone. So more pictures are on their way.
I successfully poured my own Guinness. Denver bartenders watch out!
Strolled around the sales floor. Managed not to buy anything much to the pleasure of my father.
Had a pint in the Gravity Bar in the good company of fellow classmates.
That night we all went out to the pubs. Scott (a fellow classmate) and I ended up talking to a family from Holland. The daughter had just spent the past few months working in Golden, Colorado! She wants to go back but due to the constraint on work visas in the states she has to wait.
We then made our way to Temple Bar. This is not a bar, although there is a bar named The Temple Bar. Rather, this is a block full of pubs that is named Temple Bar.
Finding a pub that was playing some live Irish music, it happened to be The Temple Bar pub.
As ended up having a lovely conversation with a semi-retired couple from Georgia, USA. The husband had quite a bit of Irish heritage and you could tell he was proud of it.
When we turned to leave the husband caught my arm to pull me back for once last thing. He said "You look like you could be Irish and that's a compliment." It was a very sweet thing to say that made me smile the entire way back to the hotel.
Day Eight:
Today is a free day. Many of the other students are off having adventures at the Cliffs of Moher, around Dublin or golfing.
I spent today with my mother as she leaves for home tomorrow.
We went back to the restrict ain't from the first day, Avoca, and had lunch.
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