Dublin day 2

Friday, July 2, 2010
9am wake up for breakfast and we were heading on the free walking tour. These tours are available in most major cities in Europe and the UK but we have always just done our own walking tour. But, we thought we would give it a try. It was really cool. We met up at city hall and a girl named Fiona took us on a 3.5 hr tour through central Dublin. We got a lot of history and got to see some really neat things that we probably wouldn’t have otherwise. We also had some Irish stew. YUM! After the tour, the girls went back for a nap etc and we ventured down to the Guinness brewery. It was self-guided so it took quite awhile to get through the tour but at the end we got to pour our own proper pint of Guinness and enjoy it in the lounge area. We had decided earlier in the day that since we enjoyed our walking tour so much, that we would go to the pub crawl held by the same group. So it was now 615 and we had to meet up with Steph and Emily at 7. So we took a ridiculously expensive cab back to the hostel, grabbed the most expensive little slice of pizza ever and frantically showered and got ready for the night. We had to meet up with the group by 8 but between 730 and 8, you could drink all the beer you could handle for free. We didn’t want to be late...free beer in the most expensive place ever....ummm yes please!! So we got there in good time and were able to throw back 3 pints in a half hour...and met some new friends. The night consisted of 5 bars and the second of which we were not only allowed but encouraged to play drinking games. Also, with every drink we bought, we got a free shot at all of the bars...trouble!! In true Canadian fashion we chose to play flip cup and were actually destroyed by AUSSIES!!! So embarrassing!! We had a weak link on our team...this Canadian from out west. She was terrible...The Aussies were also only chugging half the amount of beer we were. Friggin criminals!!! It was all good fun! Anyhow, the night continued in some dodgy bars and we finished at the starting pub which turned into a night club later in the night. It was here that Heather broke her flip flop and had to walk like a gimp all the way home. Nonetheless, we danced and sang and finished the night at supermac’s...again!!! Good times but we were super exhausted and had an early wake up in the morning...going to be a struggle!!!!