Hey a'body, this is Tom from an internet cafe in Dublin. Joel and I got into Dublin at 8:30am (dublin time) on Thursday morning, after leaving Chicago O'Hare airport at 6:50pm CST. Needless to say, we were a mite jet lagged.
The flight was pretty cool - they had classical Irish folk music playing when we boarded and 'deplaned,' and of course the stewardesses' thick Irish brogues were quite endearing. Of course, we were unable to sleep more than several seconds at a time, and probably got less than 20 min cumulative.
On the positive side, our in-flight movie was 'Bride Wars,' which was a real treat. Joel's review incoming.
We are rooming with 4 Belgians, who sadly have more of a flair for multilinguality than for personal hygiene... our room's must is indescribably evil. They're actually pretty cool though, and, luckily, we spent most of our day out of the room.
We went to St. Patrick's Cathedral, which was beautiful (and the largest Cathedral in Ireland), and whet our appetites for the likes of Notre Dame and Chartres, among notable others. We got to touch Jonathan Swift's pulpit, who was Dean of the Cathedral for a period in the 18th century. He is also buried there, and first editions of 'A modest proposal' and other works were amazing to see. Europeans let you touch seemingly everything in their museums/displays, which is really fun for nerds like Joel and I.
The Guinness Brewery tour was pretty awesome too - they have a 'Gravity Bar' on the top floor which is glass-walled on all sides, and offers a breathtaking panoramic view of the city. We got a lot of great pictures of Dublin Castle, Christ Church, Trinity College, and St. Patty's from there. They also instructed us on pouring the perfect pint, which involves several steps and angles, and apparently is full of important gas exchange and other science-y things. The last step was creating a clover in the foam at the top with the tap - mine was a magnificent blob. It was quite delicious though.
Well, the internet pop-up in the corner just told me I'm running low on time (it's a Euro for an hour, which is reasonable I guess...), so I'm going to have to leave you. Next posting will be from London most likely!
Miss everybody a lot, and, of course, the US. Hope everyone's enjoying the weather in sunny Wisconsin, or wherever this message reaches you. Sadly we can't post any pictures - there'll be a great posting when we return. Miss you guys a lot, and see you in a little less than 3 weeks!
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