The plane arrived early. Customs were very efficient and the airport shuttle to the downtown was perfect.
Unfortunately, the streets are a little confusing and it took us longer than expected to deal with finding the hotel and finding breakfast. Poor old dad, he almost couldn't keep up. Eventually , we found a happy medium. Dad grabbed a nap while Aidan and I got the lay of he land.
We finally found the Harding Hotel It is quite nice. We have a 3 bed room and it suits us perfect.
On the first day we walked around a lot and visited a few pubs.
The first bar we ventured into was the Temple Bar. It is an excellent pub with lots of special things happening. The live entertainment was excellent. I totally recommend this place if you come to Dublin. Service was very good.
The place we visited was called called The Quays. (We think. We have to go back and check.) This place was hopping on Sunday afternoon. It was standing room only with a wide variety of ages in the pub. This was a very easy place to meet people and strike up a conversation. We spent the remainder of the afternoon here.
Then it was on to the Porterhouse. It was time to get some food in us so we decided to eat here. The food and the service were excellent. It was little pricier that the other places and it was well worth it. Of course, there were more pints with supper.
From there we went on to the Turks Head bar. This was generally a younger crowd. The live band was great and they had their followers trying to get a lively dance going. This is another place where the bar service was great despite the crowd.
The final bar for the evening was Thomas Read. This was very much a university crown/ 20 somethings. We stayed for a pint and then left. It was great being there and decided to call it a night after that.
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