It seems impossible that it is our last day in Dublin. We've grown so fond of this amazing city. Our last day has been spent in the Guinness Factory, which feels like a visit to the Industrial Revolution. The tallest building in the city, the sight from Gravity Bar is the perfect view of Dublin. Prior to climbing up all those flights of stairs, we listened to a lecture on the history and advertising techniques of Guinness. Fascinating! It has been successful for over two centuries, which is such a feat. Then I learned to pour the perfect brew, stood at the taps and poured myself a pint! Grandpa would be so proud of my newly acquired skills. This took most of our afternoon, so we headed to the market afterwards to get food for our long journey for tomorrow. We looked so lost, trying to sort through European food and find an American comparison. So hungry from the market, we headed to dinner for our last Irish Fish N' Chips. In a bout of foreshadowing, Andrew noticed the restaurant had a fish tank and made an offhand comment about our dinner. When our dinner arrived, sure enough it was fully fried fish with the tail still intact. Dinners with tails also have scales, which we all continued to spit out, mortified with each bite. Needless to say, our last dinner was an authentic one.
We returned to Temple Bar for our final night and to celebrate our amazing group. We danced yet again to our favorite music, reclaimed our favorite spot at the bar and spoke to as many locals as we could. This included the very drunk bus driver who told us of Italian invasions and his desired American jaunts in Tennessee bars and the Austrians who wanted to take our photo, of course. After a chance encounter with the coolest Irish woman ever who told us Irish men were the best because "they are rough and rugged", we headed to Fitzsimmons for our finale. And guess what? The performer played "Galway Girl", my absolute favorite Irish tune. I nearly cried. We all got up and danced and sang together until we were nearly in tears. We love Ireland so much, we're already homesick.
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