Howdy Family and Friends: We wanted to see ordinary life so Katy took us to a hardware store for light bulbs and a power bar. Nothing like what we have in the USA—it reminded us of just a little hole in the wall hardware store with everything you can imagine stacked on the walls. We had sandwiches at a cafe and did some shopping in some department stores then we headed back to the apt. to pack our stuff to walk to the Brooks Hotel.
In the city center everybody walks. The distance isn't figured in blocks or miles it is figured in how long it takes to walk there. While we were walking there we saw that during the night somebody was worried about the statues getting cold and put stocking caps on several of the them.
We finally found our Hotel and were greeted by the door man, Conner. The interesting thing about him is that every time we saw him during the duration of our stay, he called us by my first name. That was impressive! We checked into our room and the took off to explore and hopefully not get too lost. There were a lot of neat shops really close to the hotel. One little mall had a little coffee stand. Since it was cooler out we stopped for something sweet to eat and warm to drink. Dave learned one very important lesson that day: Coffee here is not the same at home! At home, Dave usually orders a Carmel Macchiato in the States, but here they had a double Macchiato. Dave thought that sounded pretty good. The standard is a double shot so this would have been a quad shot. His opinion was “Bring it on!!!” The difference he found out is that the coffee in Ireland is much stronger and no where as sweet. He successfully stripped my taste buds and was frantically looking for the sugar. Newsflash – Carmel Macchiato and Macchiato are not the same!! It was very strong, but the cakes were awesome.
I played it safe with a mocha which was good but still very strong and not as sweet. After coffee, we went back to go shopping in the tourist area. We found the Hard Rock Cafe in Dublin and some Irish yarn for Joyce and the cutest Doll House shop with a life size teddy bear! We also found an eco cab. Now Dave has the brilliant idea that he and one of his bike riding buddies are going to build.
For the evening, we met up with another rep we met last year and ate at a classy restaurant called Bewleys. After a short walk back to the room, it was off to the room and to bed, except for me--the coffee was kicking in and I was still up at 3 saying “no more coffee in the afternoon!!! What was I thinking?”
From my coffee picture window to yours, have a great week!
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