A view of the street from the restaurant window
The Guinness Storehouse Tour, St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland - 17th August 2021
We're off to the western side of Dublin to do the Guinness Storehouse Tour, which disappointingly doesn't actually feature any of the brewery or factory at all, but is still worth it for the view of the city from the Gravity Bar perched on the very top of the building. Then on the following morning, after a walk down to Seapoint and back, we're on the fast ferry back to Holyhead and an almost non-stop drive back to Suffolk. Before that though, we're out for dinner at the awesome Ruchii Indian restaurant in Blackrock, thanks to babysitting from Da Gorls, and round the night off with a drink in the Breffni, where Jen Mac makes an appearance.
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Isobel peruses the menu
Not your average poppadums and dips
We're early so the restaurant is fairly quiet
Isobel gets a 'something of everything' dish
The restaurant does excellent Espresso Martinis
The wavy glass of the Breffni in Blackrock
Isobel and Jen in the Breffni
Jen shows off some photos out on the street
We walk back to Jen's car
Central Café takeaway
Isobel gives Jen a hug
1960s office building on Crane Street
Old railway tracks in the cobbles
One of the Guinness factory gates
A Guinness toucan giuves Harry a headache
The queue outside the Storehouse
More tracks in the cobbles
A derelict building on Grand Canal Place
The Gravity Bar from Grand Canal Place
Harry in a café on Echlin Street
The Guinness Medical Department
A horse goes for a walk
Inside the Storehouse
A waterfall
There's a cool 'infinite bubble' display
More infinite bubbles
An old copper vessel
Guinness Tasting Time clock
Fred hangs on to some railings
A museum of Guinness transport
An old shunting diesel loco
On an escalator
An ostrich with its head in the floor
Fred holds up a girder
Harry holds the girder up with a finger
Ironwork near the top of the building
Looking over Dublin, with the spike on the horizon
A view over the factory
In the Gravity Bar
Harry and Fred play with Bakugan
Another factory view
Looking down on Grand Canal Place
Harry, Fred and Isobel in the Gravity Bar
Guinness with an umbrella
Nosher has a West Indies Porter
Isobel and the boys in the bar
Isobel looks out over the city
Fred checks his phone
Another view of Dublin
We're back downstairs in the Guinness shop
Back out on the street
Isobel sorts a taxi out
We head off for a walk to Seapoint
Graffiti on a derelict wall
More Monkstown Farm graffiti
Fred comes out of the Spar near Seapoint
A DART train at Seapoint station
The view from Seapoint
Isobel, Harry and Louise look out to sea
There's a windsurfer in Dublin Bay
Harry on the beach
Isobel and Da Wheeze
A huge pine tree with herons in it
Harry by the massive tree trunk
Cars queue for the ferry at Dublin Port
On the car deck
A view of the Winkies
Dublin Port
Poolbeg generating station
Fred scores a pizza - for a ferry, it's not bad
The boys get ready to leave
It's time to return to the car
A blur of action
Our mezzanine car deck is lowered
We look for the toilets at a services on the A56
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A view of the street from the restaurant window
A view of the street from the restaurant window
Isobel peruses the menu
Not your average poppadums and dips
We're early so the restaurant is fairly quiet
Isobel gets a 'something of everything' dish
The restaurant does excellent Espresso Martinis
The wavy glass of the Breffni in Blackrock
Isobel and Jen in the Breffni
Jen shows off some photos out on the street
We walk back to Jen's car
Central Café takeaway
Isobel gives Jen a hug
1960s office building on Crane Street
Old railway tracks in the cobbles
One of the Guinness factory gates
A Guinness toucan giuves Harry a headache
The queue outside the Storehouse
More tracks in the cobbles
A derelict building on Grand Canal Place
The Gravity Bar from Grand Canal Place
Harry in a café on Echlin Street
The Guinness Medical Department
A horse goes for a walk
Inside the Storehouse
A waterfall
There's a cool 'infinite bubble' display
More infinite bubbles
An old copper vessel
Guinness Tasting Time clock
Fred hangs on to some railings
A museum of Guinness transport
An old shunting diesel loco
On an escalator
An ostrich with its head in the floor
Fred holds up a girder
Harry holds the girder up with a finger
Ironwork near the top of the building
Looking over Dublin, with the spike on the horizon
A view over the factory
In the Gravity Bar
Harry and Fred play with Bakugan
Another factory view
Looking down on Grand Canal Place
Harry, Fred and Isobel in the Gravity Bar
Guinness with an umbrella
Nosher has a West Indies Porter
Isobel and the boys in the bar
Isobel looks out over the city
Fred checks his phone
Another view of Dublin
We're back downstairs in the Guinness shop
Back out on the street
Isobel sorts a taxi out
We head off for a walk to Seapoint
Graffiti on a derelict wall
More Monkstown Farm graffiti
Fred comes out of the Spar near Seapoint
A DART train at Seapoint station
The view from Seapoint
Isobel, Harry and Louise look out to sea
There's a windsurfer in Dublin Bay
Harry on the beach
Isobel and Da Wheeze
A huge pine tree with herons in it
Harry by the massive tree trunk
Cars queue for the ferry at Dublin Port
On the car deck
A view of the Winkies
Dublin Port
Poolbeg generating station
Fred scores a pizza - for a ferry, it's not bad
The boys get ready to leave
It's time to return to the car
A blur of action
Our mezzanine car deck is lowered
We look for the toilets at a services on the A56