Dublin; Sunday, 19 August, 2001

When you only have 2 days in which to cram the whole of Dublin into your itinerary there is no time for lying in and waiting around. First task of the morning go on one of the open top bus tours. These are useful for a number of reasons

1. They give you an idea where places are in the city and if they are hop on hop off let you get round the city easily

2. They always give you an easy to read map with all the key tourist points marked out

3. They always have money off vouchers for the attractions you want to visit!

First stop of the morning Trinity College and the Dublin Experience a 45 minute Audio/Visual presentation of the history of the island of Ireland. Following this a quick walk across the quad to the long library and the Book of Kells.

After this it's back onto the bus and off to a lunchtime visit to the Old Jameson's distillery. An interesting tour of how Irish whisky is produced topped off with a tasting session.

quick walk back across the Liffy and up the hill to the Guinness factory for a look round their museum and a free pint of Guinness. All in all a very alcoholic afternoon.

Back to the hotel to quickly recover (and drop off the souvenirs) before setting out again for the Dublin Ghost bus tour. An interesting and informative bus tour of the most haunted spots in Dublin

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