Museum of Ireland and The Guinness Storehouse

Hello everyone! Today was a good day. Me and a small group went off to visit the National Museum of Ireland. The day so far was clear. Cloudy of course, but clear. We saw swimmers in the river, and I wasn't sure if they were racing or not. When we got to the museum we saw people rehearsing for a parade. Today and yesterday was is the Fringe Fest, which is like a medieval Irish festival. The people were moving puppets and it looked really cool but kinda freaky at the same time.

The museum was interesting but boring. At least it was free. There was an Asian Art exhibition currently running. We got up to the third floor and decided to leave because some of us were feeling tired from the museum. Next we went to the Guinness Storehouse, which was the most exciting thing of the day. It's where the original Guinness factory is. Part of it was built into a museum of sorts. According to one the man who gave us an introduction, the museum is set up like a giant pint of Guinness. The most appealing part is at the end where everyone is given a free pint of Guinness at the end of the tour. It was 11 Euro to get in for students. The museum was AMAZING. They show you how it all began with Arthur Guinness, who signed a 9,000 year lease for the storehouse. You see what ingredients go into Guinness, how it's made, how it's contained/bottled, and how it's distributed and advertised. I took about 100 pictures.

Free half-pint for tasting!

I don't like Guinness at all, but I liked being at the storehouse. It's so glorified in Ireland. Honestly, look up Guinness adds on the internet. The commercials are great.

The top floor of the storehouse is called the Gravity Bar. It overlooks all of Ireland in a 360 degree room. Plus that's where everyone gets their free pint. I liked the idea and atmosphere. The pint, not so much. I only drank half of it. Everyone else loved it.

Me with my free pint :)

After our pints we went back down to the ground floor to visit the huge flagship store. I bought myself a cute little bag. We were going to go to the medieval parade, but we decided to just take a cab home.

If we're friends on Facebook, check out all my pictures from today!