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10 Cities, 100 Discoveries: 9 – Pub Crawlin’
Someone famous said, “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” For me, it’s a new way of seeing things, or as Carrie, from Sex and the City said it’s reminding myself that, “[Everything] is just a plane ride way.” Besides, what would the journey, 1 Year, 10 Projects, 100 Discoveries, be without travel, or more specifically, 10 unique cities. This post is part of that project. You can see all 10 Cities here and the entire project here. Enjoy the ride, I sure am!
When describing Dublin, Ireland I like to relate it to the story of The Three Little Bears. In that context, London was too big, Amsterdam too small and Dublin just right.
Home to Guinness (and yes, Guinness tastes 1,000 times better there), the Irish take much pride in their beers and whiskeys. In fact, the country’s emblem is actually the Guinness logo (a harp) reversed. Needless to say, what other experience could I have here than a authentic pub crawl through Dublin? I didn’t choose just any pub crawl, I chose the number one rated one – Dublin’s Literary Pub Crawl. The two hour crawl wound us in about a four block radius and covered bars where famous writers like James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and Jonathan Swift spent time or did something of meaning. The actors who doubled as tour guides were lively and knowledgable, making Dublin’s historic literary side come alive. The participants? Strangely enough, they were mostly locals or from neighboring towns visiting for the weekend. While the pub crawl wasn’t akin to the rowdy, stumble home drunk ones from our college days, it was definitely a memorable one.
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