2ND DAY-GUINNESS & TAYLORS THREE ROCK

September 29, 2018

After leaving Rossbough House, we had several choices to do. We decided to go to the Guinness Storehouse, another must see in Dublin. We picked the wrong day to do it because it was Saturday. It was so crowded, but still fun and interesting. You start at the bottom and go up 4 floors. Along the way, it shows you the history of how they make Guinness. 

As with all beers, water is an important part of Guinness. This was taken in front of a sheet of water coming down.

Fun photo, good looking couple!

Interesting fact I never new. Seems amazing, 30 million bubbles in one pint

The bar at the top has the best views of all Dublin.  Included in your ticket is a free pint. We had to share because Denny lost his ticket.

We then went back to the hotel for a welcome drink with our tour. Nice to start get to know everyone. We were very lucky, everyone on the tour was very nice and friendly.  We talked to some that had been on other tours that hadn't been so lucky. There were several single ladies  and 2 Mother/daughters traveling.  We were one of the few that hadn't been to Europe before. One  of the single ladies  had been to 31 countries

Then off to Taylors Three Rock for a typical Irish dinner and dancing. It was very touristy, but fun. 

All of the sudden, several men jumped on the tables and started doing the Irish dancing. We were up close and personal because ours was one the the tables. He was moving so fast

2ND DAY-ROSSBOROUGH HOUSE

September 29, 201

First we went to Russborough House in Wicklow, about 30 miles south of Dublin. This was the largest private home in Ireland.  It is 700' long.  It  was built in 1740 by the architect, Richard Castle. I'll aways remember that because of the TV show, Castle (one of my favorites).  It has been lived in by only 3 families, from 1740 to 2005.  That is amazing to me, only 3 families in 275 years.  It opened as a museum in 1978, with the stipulation that no one would see the family quarters as long as they lived there. 

It is amazing the architecture and workmanship back in those days. Everything was so ornate. We saw this everywhere we went. 

I enlarged this picture to point out the small table to the right of the fireplace. This could lie flat or upright like it is in the picture. It would adjust to different heights. The makeup that people wore (even men) was mainly made up of wax.  If you stood too close to the fire, the makeup would drip off your face. They would adjust the table height so that it would protect their face from the fire. 

Notice how elaborate the floor designs were.

One thing I didn't get a picture of were the beds. They were very short. The reason for this  is everyone slept in a sitting position.  They had such elaborate hairdo's that people didn't want them to get messed up.  Sounds uncomfortable to me.

We did so much that day that I couldn't put it all in one post.

On to Guinness.........