Monday, February 21, 2011

Dublin Pics - Part 2

Here are the rest of the pics from Dublin.  My first day in Dublin I went to a few clothing stores looking for a leather jacket.  Unfortunately, they were all very expensive and when i went to try them on, even the XL's were really small.  The second day there I started off by walking south to St. Stephens Green, a nice park with a pond.  As luck would have it, I passed by a mall on the walk and saw a sweet leather jacket in a window.  After trying on a few, the owner walked by and help me find what I was looking for.  I ended up getting a jacket that I really liked and enjoyed for the rest of my Christmas vacation.
While this isn't the best pic of the jacket, its all I have apparently.





It was a really pretty park, complete with a mini duck island reserve shown on the right.
 Thankfully it was cold while I was there, gloriously cold.










I don't consider myself a good photographer by any means, but those two pictures capture the peacefulness of the park, at least to me they do.
This gazebo was really neat, I love the moss on the roof.




I think I forgot to post this on the other Dublin pics post. This is my new favorite beer, Kilkennys Irish Cream.  I had a few at dinner my first night, and a few more at lunch the next day.




Later in the day I attended a tour of the old Jameson Distillery and was picked to be a taste tester.  While I preferred the 12 year old scotch over the 5 year old Jameson, they still gave me a certificate.  I preferred the spice flavor of the scotch over the whiskey, but considering the whiskey was much younger, I was pleasantly surprised at how the whiskey was smoother.

Unfortunately my camera battery died when I got to St. Patrick's Cathedral so this is the only shot I was able to get.

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