Today we planned to do a bit of sightseeing around Dublin. Again, we decided we must start the day the right way, with a full Irish for breakfast. This time we had our breakfast at a nearby pub which for some reason was open at 9 am to serve breakfast. I must laugh because when we walked in at 9 am, the waiter greeted us by asking if we wanted to get started with a pint. Of course, being in Dublin we agreed and had a pint of Guinness with our breakfast, which can confirm is a great way to start the day so long as you don’t have any productivity requirements for the day.

Cathedrals and Castles

After breakfast, we proceeded to walk around Dublin visiting Christ Church Cathedral, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin Castle (which happened to have a Christmas market inside it), and Trinity College (where we looked in the library that had the book of Kells). Visiting the book of Kells cost around 20 pounds which, to be honest, was not worth it, although I did find the inside of the old library quite interesting.

Pubs and Comedy

Later in the evening, after reaching out to a few family members in England to coordinate meeting them, we decided we wanted to experience some Irish pubs. We started at the Brazen Head which is a pub famous for being the oldest pub in Ireland, founded in 1198 where I had a pint of Guinness and a seafood chowder. Next, we went to the temple bar for another pint of Guinness to listen to some live music at another famous pub. Lastly, we went to a nearby pub that had a comedy club called ‘In Stitches Comedy’ under it where we enjoyed some Irish pub music and chatted with a few tourists from Wales before going to the underground comedy show sitting up the front. We had a great time at the comedy, getting quite involved in the show with a few of the comics who gave us free beers at the end for being good sports.