dublin day 5

this morning me and chris were awaken by a very loud fire alarm in our hotel (reminds me of a similar story from vegas)...

as soon as the alarm sounded we both woke up (as it was very very loud) and chris jumped out of bed like a chicken without a head, running around, opening the door to the room, panicking, which i have to say made me laugh (even while the alarm was ringing). as it was sounding we didn't know it was an alarm; at first i thought it was the radio (you have to remember, i JUST woke up, so i was still half asleep), so i unplugged the radio and the alarm stopped, which made me think it was the radio. later i called the lobby and asked (because chris told me the sound was coming from outside the room as well, which made me think twice about the "radio" idea), and they told me they were testing the fire alarm but the announcement didn't come through on the PA system. anyway, it wasn't a pleasant way to wake up.

today we went to the Guinness Storehouse, which is where all the Guinness beer is made here. it is a HUGE brewery, and the tour was actually lots of fun. there is a new brew of Guinness beer coming out called North Star, and i thought it was the best tasting beer i'd ever had in my life (i even say that in the video we took of us tasting it). after we got our free pint of beer, we had lunch there in their cafe and then went down to the store where chris bought some souvenirs.

then we practiced how to get from the hotel to the airport so that we don't get lost tomorrow (since we have to wake up at 4:30 am). we didn't want any problems that early in the morning.

i guess that's Dublin's closing.