Beer Whiskey Fest
Dublin Impressions
Ireland is an island in all directions and is located between Europe and the U.S. is not only far geographically. Has been achieved reveal more American and more European in neighboring Britain. Dublin Airport is surprisingly little about the middle of a developed economy, which is the bridgehead to Europe and America is home to the largest company in the Old Continent – Ryanair.
Contrast in Dublin, however, is the best picture of the new Ireland. The contrast between the financial center of Europe 7-day and the city with low buildings of brick facades in the style of the eighteenth century, between the center of calm almost unreal to hiking areas and the huge, continuing for hours in traffic input requirements of the city, between the carefree, casual kind of all the streets after some time and money in establishments that seek rates of pay day English. At the crossroads of global business is defined as Ireland itself most the country in the globalized world. But among the French and Australian wines, the Polish workers and Chinese, American SUV s, Burger King and plasma televisions to find that romantic idea Green Island still thrive unmolested.
I arrived with the belief that Ireland's U2, dancing, whiskey, and bad weather. Since Bono apparently rare time will be held in the country, the Irish dancing is not popular rain activity in the pubs, and once I had the pleasure of discovering how much fun is the opening of Dublin. From my apartment "> Dublin apartment window I saw several large posters, invited to the exhibition of William Yates. While step on the street below them, think about the justification of the Royal Academy of Sweden, where the poet awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926: "For his poetry inspired ever, which represents high art form the spirit of an entire nation.
Actually how to display the spirit of the nation, which for half a century has four Nobel Prize winners for Literature?
Mathematically speaking, this means there is one in a million Irish, which is a brilliant writer-plus or less like a clover accounts one in a million.
Perhaps this is precisely what makes the city of Dublin a little more special. In the days to spend there, pass both houses of Oscar Wilde, a pair of James Joyce (who seem to be endless), found sculpture exhibition dedicated to Bernard Shaw, the literary festival "Samuel Beckett and a poster for the show next to a local club Shini Okon. Add as monuments to Wellington – the hero, defeated Napoleon, after few days in this city that almost come to believe in Irish, beer mug tirelessly to argue that all value comes from their island. For example, the porter.
And the most famous dark Irish beer has become its old factory in the world center for the fans. Factory "Guinness" is number one in the brochures "Top 10 places to visit in Dublin. Because of its size requires more time than you paid to the attraction of such. Once you know what the dark beer, passes for "test laboratory" for a quick and leave a message to the world of a panel, we hope that the best gift. At the top is a bar with 360 views degrees of Dublin – the city is revealed as a hand, since almost no tall buildings. has several short quotations from famous glass works of Irish writers, and it took me 10 minutes Ina know that if you stand in the center of the bar (while waiting for a Guinness, for example), these terms acquire meaning: each of them describes especially in Dublin, which is visible only to cite. Very peculiar – like a walk with a beer in his hand.
Of course, in view of their state have every reason for travel in the sampling sites. Since the weather in the island is wet, it is not difficult to understand why there is a place of the most popular pubs. In short, the true Irish pub, of course, represents many small place with not enough seats, with unlimited beer and whiskey, music and Sky Sports. In Dublin for example, has more than 1000, but definitely worth a visit to the Temple Bar. This is called the central zone, composed almost entirely of bars and pubs, ready to meet at any time. Besides the obvious advantages in a place that has more beer than visitors, Temple Bar is located near the pedestrian shopping area Dublin, and they also deserve to walk, although there are memories ruined. If your passion is shopping, and history, the location of the most famous university Island – Trinity College, several cathedrals (one of which remains British military flags of the Crimean War) and the garden behind the Parliament in which houses the National Gallery, National Museum and the Museum of Natural History. In fact, the latter is an old building with an impressive collection of animals inside. Hanging from roof of a huge whale skeleton in the giraffe and rhino small insects in Africa, the zoo of Irish heritage, traveled to the UK costs around the world, it Take a look. In the same corner in which he acknowledged and video of U2, is the house where Oscar Wilde. Plaque is surprisingly modest, but against her in the garden has a beautiful statue of Wilde with his typical expression lightly. Since this is probably the only time you can hold a memory of one of the world's most famous writers, a pleasure.
About the Author
I travel around the world and I always book apartment before visiting the city.
Sthlm Beer & Whiskey Festival 2007