 On St. Patrick's Day, Shark took a roadtrip and broadcasted his show live from the Jameson Irish Whiskey Distillery in Dublin, Ireland! Scroll down to check out some pictures and his tour journal of the trip! Yeah, he did the same thing for the 2004 Olympics; this guys sucks, doesn't he? Anyway, click the links to see the pictures. | ||
| Greetings from Dublin! What an incredible place...the history, the stories, the pubs! You know you're going to a special place when two of the top tourist attractions are where they make whiskey and where they make beer. The only downside of this trip is I was in Dublin for a grand total of 56 hours, not nearly long enough. But, as timing would have it, 24 of those 56 hours was St. Patrick's Day. THE DAY BEFORE...
The Jameson Distillery was our studio for two days. Not a bad place to hang out. They'd been making whiskey there for two-hundred plus years. We took a tour and learned about mashing and people named "tweetledick", but I'll save that for when YOU visit Ireland. We got to meet the head distiller for Whiskey tasting. When the guy that makes the whiskey asks you to drink, you don't say no. Wednesday afternoon, we drove around Dublin. Saw a bunch of historical sites, even saw Colin Farrell's home. Not that it's historic, but it was quite small. The locals said Colin's a pretty normal guy. He never moved from his house because it was near his fave pub! Cool. And now for something completely random, we decide to do a boat tour of Dublin. Cruise a little bit of the river that divides Dublin, go out in Dublin Bay and head around to look at rich people's homes. Saw Bono's rather modest home. The Edge lives next door...literally. And all of there homes on this cascading countryside we're all trumped by the enourmous castle currently occupied by Enya. Yes, Enya. Bitch. PADDY'S DAY... Town Centre, where the Morrison hotel is located, is surrounded by a bunch of fascinating places. Temple Bar (Dublin's version of Ybor City). A bunch of bars on streets where you can't drive. The Medieval area - Highlighted by Christchurch, Dublin Castle and St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Guiness Brewery...need I say more? The Jameson Distillery...same thing. And ALL of this was walkable from our hotel. I got up, on St. Patrick's Day, and started walking. Saw it all in the short time I had.
After the broadcast from the Distillery, we set out for good food and pub going. Had dinner with a bunch of old Irish men telling stories of their many years in Ireland. Ended up at discotheque called Lily's Bordelo. Not what you think, but a really cool bar/club with chicks with snakes and my old black friend breakdancing. And, I'm proud to say, that the night ended with a shot of Jameson at 4:30 in the morning at our hotel. THE DAY AFTER... OBSERVATIONS
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