day two: "the Irish man in me knows the way"

The day started off a little chilly and windy but nothing Josh and I couldn't handle. We decided to hit up all the alcoholic places. First on the list was the old Jameson distillery. Its no longer in use so they turned it into a museum. We decided to walk there from the hotel since the map said it wasn't too far and we wanted to continue to see Dublin. Usually with me, I get lost everywhere even at home in Michigan sometimes. However here in Ireland, Josh was the map holder and leader of the trip. He kept saying all weekend "the Irish man in me knows the way" so we didn't need to worry since he was part Irish and we were in his home country and he would be able to access that part of his heritage and not get lost. It usually worked plus we had a map and our hotel was by this huge monument you could see above all the other buildings. Anyway, the walk to the distillery took a little bit longer than we thought and I thought we were getting lost however Josh found it tucked away in a little corner. I guess the Irish man in him worked that time, took him right too the booze lol.

courtyard before the entrance

entrance

"This casket was used to mature the first whiskey distilled by the John Jameson Distillery in 1780"

Merry Christmas whisky style!

the bar in the lobby so when you are waiting for the tour you can have a drink

of course you can buy any type of Jameson whiskey in the gift shop

Even travel size and they will give you proof so you can take it home on the plane.

a model of the distillery which we had a tour of

ideas for future cocktails :)

Better shot of the bar

This part of the tour shows the different stages of the whiskey as they age. It starts with the youngest in the lower left corner and then to the oldest in the upper right corner.

At the end of the tour, we all got to have a drink! Then 8 people were picked to try other whiskey and compare it to other whiskeys. I knew about this when I read about the museum online but I didn't want to tell Josh in case I jinxed his chances. Well it worked!! He got chosen and was so excited!

He got the try a Scottish whiskey, Jameson and Jack Daniels. I took a video and I will try to post it in the next post.

We found this after we left the distillery and on our way to the national Irish museum. It was funny "f marriage...we want brains" lol classic

National Museum of Ireland

Their post office boxes and it green!!

courtyard of the museum

I found Santa's sleigh!!! Its dated to 1750 aka Santa is real!

Irish kids school supplies

And I caught Josh lol cutie!

Today children we shall read from this scroll. Now tell me Timmy what does the scroll say about the letter T...

cabinet from 1652 given from Oliver Cromwell to his daughter on her second wedding.

This was made by Charles Frederick Worth who was an English designer in Paris. He made this for the wife of the mayor of Dublin in 1898. It looks a lot like the outfits we wore at Greenfield Village.

This is called (and I kid you not) a Hurdy Gurdy also known as an organistrum which dates to the 1500s

These are meadars which are wooden vessels made in Ireland during the 10th century. They have two or four handles for communal drinking or for measuring or for holding butter.

A Rigby rifle made by the Rigby family in Dublin something (according to the sign) used craftsmanship that wasn't usually associated with Ireland.

A gun from Italy c. 1600. I would love to see how someone fired a gun like that. It doesn't even seem like a gun or like something that could be shot.

No idea how but a Japanese samurai outfit made it to Ireland.

The harp is one of the national symbols of Ireland and they used to put it on their coins before they came to the Euro.

In the coin part of the museum, they had coins in the landing.

A casting board from the medieval times used to count coins. Everyone should use these lol

View from one of the windows, its just so green in Ireland! So Green!

real silver!

Silver spurs!!

1770s desk aka super awesome!

17th century Irish furniture

Has to be the coolest grandfather clock!

18th century Irish furniture

and of course a harp in the 19th century room

1930s room

'Hey hun, did you bring the camera? I want to take a photo of the kids' I love old camera's they are so huge and funny if you make a story! This one is from the 1850s.

Funny face time!! we are so cute!

Right across the street was the Guinness brewery which we went to next!

Yes there was a waterfall in the middle of the Guinness museum part of the brewery.

Arthur Guinness founder of the Guinness brewery

The gift shop

The working side of the Guinness brewery.

old signs for Guinness

wood carved something or other but im not sure what it was or what it was made for… maybe Josh would remember...

The place was 8 floor and one of the floors had a tasting room where you got to learn how to taste a Guinness. I had never had one so this was the first time.

Our mini taste of Guinness and it was good! I liked it :)

Old commercial signs. I love the toucans!!

Josh and I next to old Guinness figures. The one Josh is in was made to look like a Guinness card.

Me stuck between the 1940s and 1950s

Here you can learn how to pour a perfect Guinness and of course Josh and I are no professional Guinness pourers!!

A view of all some of the floors.

Josh was one of the first ones to learn

Josh's perfect beer

Me pouring!

My beer!! After we poured the Guinness we got to drink them! So we've both now got to try Jameson whiskey and a Guinness beer. This city is awesome! Liqueur for everyone!