Ireland - Day 6 - Guinness and Ghosts
Aug. 15th, 2009 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snoggedToday was a free day for the group so I did what I always do on a free day...I slept in :)
Then I got up and headed to the tourist centre to get my ticket for the ghost bus tour and headed back down to our meeting place for the Guinness tour. The Guinness Storehouse, for those who don't know, is celebrating 250 years so there were a ton of people there. It was really neat though because they had Irish dancing and I even got up to join the fun when they asked for volunteers. I think I did okay. Much better than the drunk folks. *g*
At the retail store, I picked up some gifts for family members and friends and then our group headed back.
Because of the time though, I was unable to go to Dalke as that would have made me late for my ghost tour so I spent two hours doing some souvenir shopping...and trying not to freak out about locking my key in the room. D'oh! Thankfully, there was a very sweet guy at the main gate who helped me out and got me in. Thank goodness for Irish hospitality.
The Ghost Bus Tour was amazingly awesome and our storyteller was brilliant and funny and scary. I nearly jumped out of my seat a few times from the ghost stories. On our tour, we had two stops. One was at St. Kevin's cemetery for a lesson in body snatching at this beautiful monastery that is only open to the general public two days a year. We also stopped at the Forty Steps and learned about the underground tunnels of Dublin and how the wealthy men would do whatever they wanted. I'm so glad I went on it. It was a great way to learn about Dublin's darker side.
The plan for tomorrow is a full day trip to Boyne Valley to see the Hill of Tara and a castle. WHEEE!
Then I got up and headed to the tourist centre to get my ticket for the ghost bus tour and headed back down to our meeting place for the Guinness tour. The Guinness Storehouse, for those who don't know, is celebrating 250 years so there were a ton of people there. It was really neat though because they had Irish dancing and I even got up to join the fun when they asked for volunteers. I think I did okay. Much better than the drunk folks. *g*
At the retail store, I picked up some gifts for family members and friends and then our group headed back.
Because of the time though, I was unable to go to Dalke as that would have made me late for my ghost tour so I spent two hours doing some souvenir shopping...and trying not to freak out about locking my key in the room. D'oh! Thankfully, there was a very sweet guy at the main gate who helped me out and got me in. Thank goodness for Irish hospitality.
The Ghost Bus Tour was amazingly awesome and our storyteller was brilliant and funny and scary. I nearly jumped out of my seat a few times from the ghost stories. On our tour, we had two stops. One was at St. Kevin's cemetery for a lesson in body snatching at this beautiful monastery that is only open to the general public two days a year. We also stopped at the Forty Steps and learned about the underground tunnels of Dublin and how the wealthy men would do whatever they wanted. I'm so glad I went on it. It was a great way to learn about Dublin's darker side.
The plan for tomorrow is a full day trip to Boyne Valley to see the Hill of Tara and a castle. WHEEE!