Two Old People from America

I didn't get to posting the last few days because my parents were here. We were busy traveling around the island, sightseeing, and shopping. Kahlil was having fun just being adored. Here is a quick recap of the first half of their trip...

Mom and Dad showed up on Wednesday the 10th. We stayed pretty close to home the first few days while their internal clocks adjusted. The day they arrived, we walked around Grafton and St Stephens Green to keep them awake. We then had dinner at a pub down the street and that was pretty much the day for them. On Thursday we got a 24 hour pass on one of the hop on / hop off tour buses that travel around the city. We made stops at St. Patric's Cathedral and The Guinness Storehouse. The Cathedral was very pretty. I was surprised by the number of remembrances for those lost in world wars. Father Sydney took a liking to Mom and gave her and Dad a tour of the alter. The Storehouse was also fun. I'm really glad I'm not a cooper... making barrels is HARD work. Since we still had a little time left on our 24 hours, we got on the bus again Friday morning. The weather was better so we sat at the top and did a spin around the whole city. It was a good way to see all the sites and get a little commentary.

Saturday we all piled in the car and headed south for the night. We stopped at the Waterford factory; unfortunately there were no factory tours since it was the weekend. Bummer! So we spent some time in the show room / gift shop and watched some of the factory tour video. Then on to Cork for the night. We stumbled on to a great bar/restaurant for dinner. It was fantastic food. On the walk back to the hotel, we were overcome by about a dozen superheros. They were kind enough to pose for a picture :-)

Sunday we popped over to the Middleton Distillery. They had a cool tour where we got to see the old distillery - grain house, mill, stills, etc - and learned about Irish whiskey. At the Middleton site they produce several whiskies including Jameson, Paddies, and Middleton - an exclusive blend of 18 and 25 year old barrels. The tour ended in the bar for a whiskey tasting. Then it was back to Dublin. We got home just in time to eat dinner and for Jay and I to head to the sports bar to see the Charger game.

I'm happy I got to see the last game of the football season. Too bad they aren't having any more games this year. I guess the Super Bowl will be back next year.