A Weekend in Dublin Ireland: Food, Drinks, and Discoveries

Dublin in 48 Hours: Food Tours, Temple Bar, and the Guinness Storehouse

Brittany and Josh recap their final stop in Ireland: two jam-packed days in Dublin while staying at the Clayton Hotel. After a rocky arrival involving rental car return issues and heavy traffic from a football match, they dive into a foodie-focused itinerary including Shoe Lane Cafe, a Dublin food tour (Vice Coffee’s Irish coffee at Wigwam, Handies sausage roll, Cappuccino Bar puddings and cheeses, an oyster at Seafood Cafe, and fish stew and coddle at Gallagher’s Boxty House), and dessert at The Grá with potato ice cream and an Aperol Spritz. They also try Bambino pizza, Xian Street Food’s spice bag, and The Rolling Donut’s Dubai chocolate donut, then take a local drink tour featuring beer tastings, whiskey and gin, and traditional music. The next day includes more coffee stops, a highly praised Guinness Storehouse visit with skyline views, meals at Sprout & Co and Nutbutter, and reflections on Dublin’s vibe, crowds, and transit.

00:00 Welcome to Dublin

00:44 Hotel and Getting In

01:09 Rocky Arrival Dinner

02:46 Shoe Lane Cafe Morning

03:48 Cinnamon Roll Debate

05:06 Trinity College Stroll

06:36 Dublin Food Tour Begins

08:17 Temple Bar Sausage Stop

10:22 Puddings Cheese and Oysters

11:55 Hearty Stew and Coddle

12:48 Potato Ice Cream Finale

13:50 More Eats Pizza and Spice Bag

16:20 Dubai Chocolate Donut

16:49 Foodie Travel Philosophy

17:43 Local Drink Tour Night

20:57 Temple Bar Explained

21:26 Coffee Crawl Morning

22:08 Guinness Storehouse Highlights

25:53 Post Tour Eats And Pool

27:22 Dinner At Nut Butter

27:59 Heading Home Tips

29:28 Dublin Final Thoughts

32:29 Wrap Up And Next Episode

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Transcript

brit 0:11

Hello and welcome to the We Should Move Here. Travels podcast. My name is Brittany.

josh 0:17

I'm Josh

brit 0:17

and we are your hosts. Today we are gonna talk about Dublin. This was our final stop in Ireland and it was really fun. We had a jam pack couple of days here. so let's get into it.

josh 0:35

we did do quite a bit here in our. Two days basically that we had here.

brit 0:40

We did, it was jam packed and we had a lot of fun.

josh 0:43

Mm-hmm.

brit 0:44

I think, we stayed at the Clayton Hotel.

josh 0:47

Mm-hmm.

brit 0:48

And it was within walking distance of basically everything that we wanted to do for, you know, those couple of days. And it was quite a long walk. To some places, but that was okay because we got to kind of explore a little bit when we did those.

josh 1:03

Yeah.

brit 1:03

Long walks and I had a lot of fun.

josh 1:07

Yeah. Me as well. I will say beforehand we came from Dingle to Dublin, so we had a long drive.

brit 1:15

Yeah.

josh 1:15

Across the country, like four hours I think it was, We didn't wanna have to find parking and deal with that while we were in Dublin for the couple of days. So returning the rental car was a little difficult'cause. One place was closed that they told me it was gonna be open, and then when we took a taxi from the return place to that, there was a football match going on.

brit 1:43

Mm-hmm.

josh 1:43

So traffic was backed up. So we had a crazy long, expensive taxi ride to the hotel. Yeah. Got there very late at night. So our initial. feelings of Dublin were a little bit skewed.

brit 1:56

Yeah. They, it was a rocky start. Mm-hmm. It was for sure a rocky start.

josh 2:00

Yeah.

brit 2:01

once we got through that, we got dinner. Mm-hmm. At the Clayton Hotel.

josh 2:05

Yep.

brit 2:05

mainly because we didn't feel like walking around everywhere after that whole experience. And we were like, I just want to eat and go to sleep.

josh 2:13

Yeah.

brit 2:14

So that's what we did. Mm-hmm. but we had got. At the Clayton Hotel Restaurant. Hot honey, chicken wings, chicken and mashed potatoes, a burger and a dark chocolate cherry dessert.

josh 2:28

Those hot honey chicken wings were absolutely fire.

brit 2:32

They were so good. The sauce on there. Impeccable.

josh 2:35

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

brit 2:37

Yeah. I really appreciated the burger as well.

josh 2:40

Yeah, for sure. Not a lot of notes on it, just the chicken wings. It was just a meal of convenience.

brit 2:46

Yeah.

josh 2:46

And then the next morning we went to Shoe Lane Cafe.

brit 2:52

Oh, I loved it here. It was so cute. It was such a vibe.

josh 2:56

Mm-hmm.

brit 2:56

I really loved it here. It was a very small coffee shop.

josh 3:00

Yeah.

brit 3:00

Which I appreciate.

josh 3:02

And they had a little upstairs seating room where people could work or read.

brit 3:06

Mm-hmm.

josh 3:07

So

brit 3:08

yeah, we went upstairs and we got a flat white. cappuccino and a cinnamon roll.

josh 3:15

Cinnamon roll is good.

brit 3:16

Yeah. This was right before the food tour and you ordered the cinnamon roll and I looked at you like we're about to eat all day, but

josh 3:25

I was starving. I don't know why. I'm just always a little hungry.

brit 3:29

I mean, same, but. But it was just funny. Yeah. and the cinnamon roll was really good. Mm-hmm. So great choice. Yeah. But it was a fun place to just kind of, sit and eat our cinnamon roll and drink our coffees.

josh 3:48

Here's a question I want to ask you on what people's take on, what's your favorite part of a Cinnamon role?

brit 3:53

The middle.

josh 3:54

See, I love the outer edge.

brit 3:56

That's crazy pants.

josh 3:58

I love like the crispy like crunchiness of it.

brit 4:01

Okay. I am marrying a serial killer. Literally, you're insane.

josh 4:11

Whatever. We will ask the people and see what they think.

brit 4:16

Everyone's gonna say the middle?

josh 4:18

No, I don't think so.

brit 4:20

I think so.

josh 4:21

Maybe they will. Who knows? Did you see that video, the actual way you're supposed to eat a cinnamon roll. No. Is stab the middle and pull it up so it like unravels itself.

brit 4:32

Who does that?

josh 4:34

I saw it. That's how you're supposed to eat it.

brit 4:36

You saw it on TikTok?

josh 4:37

Yeah.

brit 4:38

Oh my God. That's a crazy way to eat it. Please don't ever eat it like that in front of me.

josh 4:45

Well, because then you wouldn't get the middle.

brit 4:47

Yeah. I guess it's the, for the best that you like the outside, because that's the worst part for me. Yeah. And I like the middle, so you get, give me the middle

josh 4:57

and then the last bite is the best bite for you.

brit 5:00

Yeah, yeah, obviously.

josh 5:05

Oh, man. So after our, uh, cinnamon roll and coffees, uh, we walked around Dublin a little bit before our food tour that we had coming up. took a little detour through Trinity College Campus.

brit 5:17

It was a really beautiful campus.

josh 5:19

It was,

brit 5:19

I really liked it there.

josh 5:20

Mm-hmm.

brit 5:21

whenever we walk through a college campus like that, I always think to myself like, what would life be like if I would've gone to school here?

josh 5:29

Yeah.

brit 5:32

I always like envision myself in a different way.

josh 5:35

Mm-hmm.

brit 5:36

Yeah.

josh 5:37

Well, we've talked about before, especially with our East Coast trip, when we were in Burlington, Vermont, or Yeah. When we were in Burlington, how different our lives would've been. And same thing here, of course, how different our lives would've been if we would've gone to college at Trinity College or anywhere in Dublin. Yeah, really? Anywhere else in the world.

brit 6:00

I probably would've gotten used to all of the dirty sidewalks. Much easier.

josh 6:06

Gotta get over that.

brit 6:11

No,

josh 6:12

no. Yeah. I wish we would've had more time to. Going to the library there at Trinity College, but. Dublin's a pretty big stop. So if we happen to go back to Ireland, I assume we'll spend a couple more days in Dublin where

brit 6:27

we go. Yeah. Oh, for sure. And I would actually wanna do the food tour that we did again. Yes. Because it was so fun.

josh 6:35

It was, it was. Let's talk about that.

brit 6:37

Yeah. So we had a great guide, met some really great people on the tour.

josh 6:43

Mm-hmm.

brit 6:44

And our first stop was Vice Coffee. This was such a good stop. Mm-hmm. I really appreciated it. the person that was working at Vice Coffee showed us how to make their Irish coffee.

josh 6:59

Mm-hmm.

brit 7:00

And it was like a special kind of take on the Irish coffee and then. It. It was a very small portion, so we had talked about wanting more, and so we went there after the food tour as well, when we went back afterwards, there was a drag show going on.

josh 7:21

Yeah.

brit 7:21

So we caught the end of a drag show.

josh 7:23

Mm-hmm.

brit 7:25

This is a. Kind of like coffee restaurant place where there's multiple businesses within this one building. Mm-hmm. And it's like all open.

josh 7:35

Mm-hmm.

brit 7:36

So it's a very interesting kind of vibe in there.'cause it's like three different vibes in one. But I really loved walking in there and being surprised that there was a drag show. Yeah. Because you and I love a good drag show and the queens were, it looked like they were having a great time. People around were having a great time. Just really cool.

josh 7:59

Yeah. Amazing. It's inside of Wigwam. Wigwam,

brit 8:03

yeah.

josh 8:03

Mm-hmm.

brit 8:04

Which is the business right next to Vice.

josh 8:07

Yeah.

brit 8:07

Coffee.

josh 8:08

Yeah. Really cool area, like you said, and that Irish coffee. Fantastic.

brit 8:14

Yeah. Fantastic. So good.

josh 8:17

next we had Handies.

brit 8:20

Mm. Yeah.

josh 8:22

Yeah. Sausage rolls pretty good. I wasn't the biggest fan of it. It was okay.

brit 8:30

I actually really liked it. You did? And I'm not like the biggest fan of sausage. Well, I don't like fennel, but, this didn't have any fennel in it. Yeah. And it was just like a sausage that was wrapped in a pastry.

josh 8:43

Yeah.

brit 8:44

And I really liked it. Mm-hmm. I thought it was pretty good. Would I go outta my way to order it again? No.

josh 8:50

Mm-hmm. But. Yeah, it's right in the middle of the temple bar area of Dublin.

brit 8:56

Yeah.

josh 8:56

So very busy. Lots of fricking pigeons and trash birds flying around. So every time it little pieces crumbled off, you were just surrounded,

brit 9:07

surrounded by these birds.

josh 9:09

I think it was in this area, a woman get part of her sandwich taken by a seagull. Wasn't that here? Or it was right around there.

brit 9:18

Yeah.

josh 9:18

Just lots happening. Nothing to do with Handys, but it's, it's right next to it.'cause there's a, little standing area there in Temple Bar.

brit 9:26

Yeah. Really fun vibe though in Temple Bar area. Mm-hmm. Um, it is like the most famous bar, area street, in Dublin. I would venture to say it's the most famous in Ireland. The guy, actually, our tour guide showed us a picture of what it looks like during St. Patrick's Day. Yeah. And it is shoulder to shoulder. So many people there. looks like a great time. I would've really enjoyed it in my early twenties, but now that that amount of people would give me so much anxiety. So I don't think I'll be going back for St. Patrick's Day, but the Temple Bar area is a pretty cool vibe. There are some cool places. take this tour if you want to get to know some of the places, but there are also a lot of places outside of Temple Bar that. Would probably be just as good and less expensive.

josh 10:22

Yeah.

brit 10:22

the next place that we went to on our food tour was the cappuccino bar.

josh 10:28

Mm-hmm.

brit 10:29

And we tried black pudding, white pudding, and then a variety of cheeses. I really loved the white pudding here. The black pudding was not my favorite.

josh 10:39

Yeah. The white pudding was definitely better than black pudding.

brit 10:42

and then the cheeses. We got a sharp cheddar, a blue cheese, and a soft cheese.

josh 10:46

Mm-hmm.

brit 10:47

Really loved the cheeses as well.

josh 10:49

Yeah.

brit 10:49

And then we went to the seafood cafe and had an oyster.

josh 10:53

Mm-hmm.

brit 10:54

Some of the people on the tour were a bit skeptical to try an oyster. You and I have done it a co a couple of times now. I think I said last time that I just love the vinegar and the oyster, so it's just a, a vessel to have vinegar. So I just put a shit ton of vinegar and scallions on it and it was pretty good.

josh 11:18

I think I'm starting to get the hang of oysters. We, I can't remember where we first had oysters,'cause I definitely had my first one with you, I'm pretty sure.

brit 11:27

Mm-hmm.

josh 11:28

I'm really liking scallions with lemon juice. Ooh. Yeah. Tho those two together I think is fantastic. I think the vinegar with those two isn't my thing, but. Lemon juice and scions, I think hits. What's yours? What's your combo?

brit 11:45

the vinegar. Mm-hmm. I like vinegar, lemon juice and hot sauce.

josh 11:49

And hot sauce. Yeah.

brit 11:50

Yeah.

josh 11:50

Mm-hmm.

brit 11:51

Just a dash.

josh 11:52

Just a,

brit 11:53

not like overpowering. Just a little dash. Then we went to Gallagher Box D House, and this was our main kind of meal.

josh 12:01

Mm-hmm.

brit 12:01

So we had, uh, a couple of beers. Yeah, I think we got a stout and an IPA.

josh 12:07

Mm-hmm.

brit 12:08

And then we had the fish stew and the coddle. So we were recommended to try the coddle if we've never had it before. It honestly is not my favorite thing. I can understand the appeal, but it's made with pork and so it's really, really salty. the fish stew I thought was pretty good. What did you think?

josh 12:32

the fish stew was definitely better than the coddle. Coddle was, like you said, very salty.

brit 12:38

And I think that a coddl is, is definitely an in acquired taste.

josh 12:42

Mm-hmm.

brit 12:42

and I'm sure plenty of people love it. I can, uh, again, I can see the appeal of it

josh 12:47

for sure.

brit 12:48

Our last stop was the gra, which is a t-shirt shop and an ice cream shop.

josh 12:55

Yeah.

brit 12:55

Such a cute place. I loved it. We got to try potato ice cream.

josh 13:01

Yeah.

brit 13:03

So interesting. Such a unique ice cream flavor.

josh 13:07

Really not that bad.

brit 13:09

No, actually kind of good.

josh 13:11

Yeah,

brit 13:12

yeah.

josh 13:14

don't hate until you try it.

brit 13:16

Yeah, gotta try it. It's a unique flavor, but it, it does taste exactly what you think it'll taste like.

josh 13:23

Yeah.

brit 13:25

So if you like potato and ice cream, you might wanna try it.

josh 13:29

Right.

brit 13:29

but then we also got the Milky Mo, which was like, was it like a cream?

josh 13:35

I think so, if I'm remembering correctly.

brit 13:37

And then the Aperol Spritz.

josh 13:42

Which is exactly what it sounds like.

brit 13:44

Yeah.

josh 13:45

And tasted just like an apple spritz. It was really good.

brit 13:48

So good. Mm-hmm. Ugh. So this was quite a foodie day for us.

josh 13:53

It was,

brit 13:53

we had this food tour, we had the cinnamon roll beforehand. We waited maybe a couple of hours after the food tour, and then we ate more. So,

josh 14:04

well, I mean, we took a walk around and it back up at Wigwam

brit 14:08

Yeah,

josh 14:09

had the drinks there again, and then continued to walk around and we went to this place that you knew you wanted to go beforehand.

brit 14:17

Oh, I had it written down. I was like, I'm getting this fricking pizza, and this pizza went viral. It's called Bambino, and we got a pepperoni pizza slice. It was a very long line,

josh 14:31

crazy long line.

brit 14:32

It was about 20 minutes. Mm-hmm. To wait in line. totally worth it, in my opinion. It was a great piece of pizza. It was a New York style owned by a guy from New York, like really, really good pizza. We also got on this day a spice bag from Xian Street Food. it was so delicious. It was spicy. It was, it had like chicken tenders in it. It had fries, it had, uh, vegetables in it. it was definitely big.

josh 15:03

Mm-hmm.

brit 15:04

there was a sauce, there was a curry sauce, and there was a sweet and sour sauce that we got.

josh 15:09

Yeah.

brit 15:09

I wasn't a huge fan of the sweet and sour, but I loved the curry sauce.

josh 15:13

Mm-hmm.

brit 15:15

That curry sauce was. So good.

josh 15:18

I tried some of it. I'm not a huge spicy person, and it was after a couple bites, I immediately got the hiccups. I, I was having a hard time with it Now, Bambino Pizza, I think we're different on this. I thought it was good. Was it worth 20 minute wait in line, eh? It was a good pizza. I definitely have had better pizzas.

brit 15:42

it's also because it's a New York style pizza. Mm-hmm. So if you're looking specifically for a New York style pizza, you're probably not gonna find a good one in Ireland unless it's this place.

josh 15:57

Maybe someone out there is like, we got one for you.

brit 16:00

Well, maybe we have to go back and try it.

josh 16:02

Yeah.

brit 16:03

Let us know. and then we also had the rolling donut for our quote unquote dessert.

josh 16:12

Yeah.

brit 16:13

So I had this place listed because they have some really great flavor combos that I had seen online. Mm-hmm. And we got the Dubai chocolate one. so it had all of the ingredients for Dubai chocolate stuffed inside a donut. It was so delicious. And then we also got a hot chocolate there.

josh 16:34

Yeah. It was a little bit of a cool night. So walk around with that hot chocolate. It was really nice, and the donut was delicious. Yeah. I love a good donut. And especially a Dubai chocolate like stuffed with pistachio and that cream

brit 16:47

so good.

josh 16:48

Yeah. I love being a foodie.

brit 16:51

Me too. Being a foodie is like the highlight of my life. Outside of being your fiance and traveling on the pod, I love, I have a lot of highlights.

josh 17:05

I love the people on social media who talk about if we're traveling together and you're saying, oh, let's just have a coffee for breakfast. Like, are you kidding me?

brit 17:17

No. If you're in another country and you're not wanting to eat every like two to three hours, I don't know what you're doing.

josh 17:29

Well, you're walking so much as well.

brit 17:32

Yeah. You're walking so much. You're building up that hunger. There's so much unique and different food around you that you haven't tried.

josh 17:41

Yeah.

brit 17:41

Do it up, Anyways. So this day actually is not over yet.

josh 17:45

No.

brit 17:47

We also did a beer tour this night. Mm-hmm. So, we had a really great guide for this beer tour. He was very informative, very kind. He taught us about all of the different kinds of beer, how they're made. we got to try several, several different kinds of beer.

josh 18:06

Yeah.

brit 18:06

I don't know if it was specifically a beer tour because we also got to try some whiskey

josh 18:12

we did

brit 18:12

and gin.

josh 18:14

Mm-hmm.

brit 18:14

As well. So I think it was just a drink tour.

josh 18:17

Yeah.

brit 18:17

Um, but the people on the tour were really great as well.

josh 18:21

Yeah.

brit 18:22

I really enjoyed it.

josh 18:23

Yeah, it was amazing. We've talked several times that tours are only as good typically as the guide.'cause even a guide can make bad food stops or bad drink spots.

brit 18:34

Yeah.

josh 18:35

Seem better. And if you have a good group going with you, so if you really got. Boring. People are just complaining all the time about the tour. You're generally not gonna have a good time. But we had, like you said, some great people it, there was a couple from Iowa or Ohio that were really nice that we talked to, and a gentleman who was a teacher in Germany. Who did student exchanges with? sister school in Wisconsin. Yeah. Not too far from Sheboygan.

brit 19:05

Yeah. It was so interesting to like, hear his perspective on things.

josh 19:10

Yeah.

brit 19:11

Very cool.

josh 19:12

And he loved beer and he said one of his favorite spots was Three Sheeps, which is my favorite brewery that we've been to so far in the state.

brit 19:20

Yeah, one of mine too, I actually have my winter hat, the blue one you probably see in all of the pictures.

josh 19:27

Yeah.

brit 19:27

Um, from our east coast trip. Mm-hmm. I think I was wearing that hat everywhere. So if you've watched those episodes, the hat from three sheep, shout out to them. but yeah, I think that's so true. Food and drink tours Can only be as good as the guide.

josh 19:44

Yeah.

brit 19:45

and this guide was really great, so.

josh 19:47

Mm-hmm. And we went to some fun places. we went to the Black Sheep, which has some different games, like board games sitting out. We were in a little backroom that was private to do the beer tasting. That was really nice. Jack Nielsen's, Great place as well. I think that's where we had the Guinness and then we went to Slattery's where we had the gin and whiskey and we had a snack there. You and me had some cheesy fries.

brit 20:16

Yeah.

josh 20:17

Mm-hmm. And then, just a quick stop at, Jay McNeil's at then where there was a traditional music session going on.

brit 20:24

Yeah. It was so cool.

josh 20:25

Mm-hmm.

brit 20:26

Very, very cool place. I mean, all of these places. We're very local. Mm-hmm. And that's how this tour was advertised as well. And that's why we picked it.'cause we were like, I wanna see some local spots in Dublin. Yeah. I'm glad that it was very local. It wasn't like in the Temple bar area.

josh 20:44

Correct.

brit 20:44

So we kind of got the best of both worlds in this one day. We got to explore the famous Temple bar area, and then we also got the local experience as well.

josh 20:54

Mm-hmm.

brit 20:54

I appreciated that

josh 20:56

I did as well. And I don't think we mentioned, but the entire time I thought Temple Bar was just the bar because there was a bar called Temple Bar. Yeah. And I didn't realize Temple Bar was kind of a, a district, a small area.

brit 21:12

Yeah.

josh 21:13

So if you, I

brit 21:14

didn't either.

josh 21:16

Maybe people listening didn't know that either. But if you look up Temple Bar, I think Google Maps will show you. It's kind of like a block, But yeah, just good information to know.

brit 21:26

the next day

josh 21:27

after waking up a little rough.

brit 21:29

Yeah, we did wake up a little rough. We did, but we got some coffee in us.

josh 21:34

Mm-hmm.

brit 21:35

at, creed Coffee, again. Very cute. Little coffee shop. Loved it.

josh 21:40

Mm-hmm.

brit 21:40

they had a chocolate croissant that we had. and then a flat white and a macha latte.

josh 21:45

Mm-hmm.

brit 21:46

All of it. Really delicious.

josh 21:47

Yeah.

brit 21:48

And then we went to boom coffee. And had more coffee. you had got the biscoff overnight oats.

josh 21:57

Yes.

brit 21:58

And I had got another flat white, really great stuff.

josh 22:01

Mm-hmm.

brit 22:03

boom. Coffee was a stop on our way to the Guinness Storehouse.

josh 22:08

Yeah.

brit 22:08

So we also did the Guinness Storehouse tour on this day.

josh 22:12

Mm-hmm. Yeah, which I've done before. I'd like to hear your take on it.

brit 22:16

I thought this tour was incredible. This is probably one of the best, brewery tours I have ever experienced in my life. Of course, it's much bigger than any storehouse I've ever seen. I mean, it's Guinness. But it was so, so incredible to learn about the history of Guinness. They had these different sections of like, how it's made, where things came from, marketing stuff. they had these really cool kind of light shows all throughout mm-hmm. Where it was very, Experiential.

josh 22:53

Mm-hmm.

brit 22:54

So you got to experience all of these things and it just felt like you were a part of it.

josh 23:02

Yeah.

brit 23:02

rather than being like taught at you were like in it. Mm-hmm. and they have just really cool stuff all around that you get to explore. They have how many stories

josh 23:13

I don't know. It's tall.

brit 23:15

It's tall it's shaped like a pint glass. Mm-hmm. So it is the biggest pint glass, I think they said in the world.

josh 23:24

yeah. Could potentially be the biggest pint glass in the world. Yeah.

brit 23:28

And you also, with this tour, you get A free Guinness mm-hmm. After the tour, all the way at the top where they have windows that you can look out and it's several stories high. So you get to see pretty much the whole city of Dublin.

josh 23:46

Yeah.

brit 23:46

Just absolutely beautiful.

josh 23:49

that's the gravity bar that they have up there and beautiful views. Great place to have a pint of Guinness.

brit 23:56

Yeah.

josh 23:56

Mm-hmm.

brit 23:57

Probably the best pint of Guinness. We had

josh 24:00

it. Pretty darn. I've really loved, and I loved it last time they got the smells and taste room.

brit 24:07

Oh, I love that.

josh 24:08

Where it's just bright white and you walk in and they got these different bowls with the aromas coming out of'em, and you go and you stick your face in it. So you get the hops, you get the, the barley. And whatever else they have going on. And then they give you your first taste of Guinness in this little glass and it's, they say it's the freshest Guinness you'll ever have.

brit 24:29

Yeah. That one actually was the best.

josh 24:31

Mm-hmm.

brit 24:32

Yeah.

josh 24:33

Even though it was like a little thimble size,

brit 24:36

it was so small.

josh 24:37

Yeah.

brit 24:37

I wish I could have. I've gotten a whole pint of that, but still, I mean, the one on top was really great.

josh 24:44

Yeah.

brit 24:45

this was just a really remarkable tour. I would highly recommend that you go check this tour out when you're in Dublin.

josh 24:53

Mm-hmm.

brit 24:53

even if you don't drink, they have NA options We also got to try their NA Guinness. Mm-hmm. And it was really delicious.

josh 25:02

Yeah. Very good. Couldn't tell much of a difference. There's always a little bit of difference when you're missing the alcohol. Kind of bitterness. I thought it was good.

brit 25:11

Yeah. Highly recommend this tour. Great tour. I think it was a beautiful spot to have our last like experience that was planned in Ireland.

josh 25:23

You had always wanted it at the beginning to kinda,

brit 25:26

I did

josh 25:26

prep yourself for the rest of the Guinness, but. I think it worked out at then,

brit 25:30

I mean, yeah, I think it worked out. Mm-hmm. And I think it was a nice way to wrap up.

josh 25:35

Yeah.

brit 25:36

Because we had a Guinness like almost every day.

josh 25:39

Yeah. Pretty close. There were a couple days start out and I was like, I don't know if I'm gonna do a Guinness today. Yeah. And then by the end of the day I was like, I can do it again.

brit 25:53

Yeah. After this, so we went to Sprout and Co. And we got a kale Caesar, and then a taco wrap with beans.

josh 26:01

Both really good.

brit 26:03

Both were incredible. Mm-hmm. I actually wanted more that night for dinner. I was like, this would be so good again. Yeah. But we didn't.

josh 26:12

No.

brit 26:12

but it was so, so good. I really loved it. after that we went to the pool. the pool at the Clayton Hotel was not the best pool. They had swimming lessons going on and I think it's a third party business in the bottom of the hotel. So it was just, uh, interesting kind of vibe in there. Not your typical hotel pool. I couldn't really do my handstands or anything, so,'cause it was kind of packed. wasn't my favorite pool experience.

josh 26:44

No, it was definitely a health club pool. Yeah, you're, you're right. It was a third party run thing. It might've been owned by the hotel, but yeah, it was more for lap pools and then they had like a lane open for everyone to hang out in.

brit 26:59

Yeah.

josh 26:59

And there were a bunch of people, there was a hot tub, which was nice, but. Same thing. It was a health club, so there were people who had just got done working out, coming in, sitting in, getting out. So unfortunately not what you're looking for,

brit 27:15

not the kind of handstand pool that I need. For dinner, we went to nut butter and we had got the pad Thai with plant-based chorizo, the Pho with pork and the nut butter bar for dessert.

josh 27:34

Mm-hmm.

brit 27:35

I really loved the nut butter bar for dessert. That was so good. And the pad hai with the little bit of spice. I loved it.

josh 27:45

Yeah.

brit 27:45

So good.

josh 27:46

Always good. The pho with pork was my favorite. I love pho.

brit 27:50

Me too.

josh 27:51

Mm-hmm.

brit 27:51

Yeah, the broth was really nice and exactly what we needed. cause it was like rainy and kind of cold outside, so.

josh 27:57

Mm-hmm. It

brit 27:58

was perfect.

josh 27:59

Yeah.

brit 27:59

the next day we made our journey home.

josh 28:03

we were told a couple dimes by a couple different people, like, might as well just take a taxi, but dang, they were expensive.

brit 28:14

Mm-hmm.

josh 28:14

they're taxis everywhere. Gotta make their money. But I'm pretty sure they got pretty decent public transportation to and from the airport that you can take.

brit 28:25

Yeah.

josh 28:25

So if you're not looking for an expensive. Taxi cab fair, look out for the public transportation and get yourself closer to those.'cause that's, that's one thing I wish is we would've known that the Clayton had a pool where you could do handstands. It was in a good location, but maybe just one that was. In the similar area with a better pool.

brit 28:50

Yeah.

josh 28:51

And maybe more accessible to the public transportation to get to and from the airport.

brit 28:55

Yeah.

josh 28:56

Mm-hmm.

brit 28:56

Yeah, that would've been nice.

josh 28:58

We didn't, pay a lot attention because from where we were going to the next stop. Never had a direct subway or train line or anything like that.

brit 29:08

Yeah. But man, these 48 hours, we sure did eat.

josh 29:16

We ate and we drank.

brit 29:18

Yeah. We used our foodie card. We did,

josh 29:23

we, we got'em renewed here. What did you think of Dublin as a whole, minus the streets, which you were disappointed in the cleanliness of?

brit 29:35

I did love Dublin. I think it is a unique vibe. it's not your typical big city in that it does offer some unique parts of Ireland. Mm-hmm. All within the city, which I really appreciate.

josh 29:51

Yeah.

brit 29:51

but it is your typical kind of city in that there's lots of people everybody's just kind of packed into this one area. So. would I want to live there? No, I would not wanna live there. If I was living in a big city, I would want it to be Auckland. Which a lot of people might be shocked by, but my goodness, Auckland is clean. we got a lot of hate for loving Auckland.

josh 30:19

Mm-hmm.

brit 30:19

Which is really interesting. But anyways,

josh 30:22

And I mean, there are different parts of every city that we miss that we never get to. So people might be like, oh, well you gotta go to this section of Dublin. Well sure. Let us know and we'll go there when we get there next time.

brit 30:37

Yeah. And I would love to go back there and do the Guinness storehouse again in another 10 years.'cause you did it like 10 years ago.

josh 30:45

Mm-hmm.

brit 30:46

And then we could make it like a. Every 10 year kind of thing. Yeah, that would be so fun.

josh 30:51

Yeah.

brit 30:51

so I loved that about Dublin. They have great food spots. It's a foodie paradise. It really is. Mm-hmm. temple Bar had cobblestone streets and that was really cute. I love that kind of vibe, don't think I would live there. What about you?

josh 31:08

Yeah, I wouldn't either. I'm just never super into a big city. I'm only gonna mention Auckland again.'cause you did. That's probably the only big city where we might have just been in the correct area at the correct time. Yeah.'cause it was super clean, lots to do, lots of. Foodie spots. That's really the only big city that we've been to so far.

brit 31:33

Mm-hmm.

josh 31:33

That I'm like, I could live in this big city, but Dublin's just not it for me. There was a lot of people, we weren't there during tourist season even. So very touristy. Tons of people.

brit 31:47

It was fun though. I had a lot of fun in Dublin.

josh 31:51

Oh, lots of fun.

brit 31:52

Mm-hmm.

josh 31:53

Yeah. I would go back and hang out there for a couple days, see stuff more like you said, go back to the Guinness Storehouse. We only did the self-guided tour. They got plenty of other options, so maybe doing one of the other options to get another variety of it. They get different breweries. Maybe go into one of those. I bet there's a distillery there. We could go to another distillery because we went to Crolly and then went to Dingle. Maybe there's one in Dublin that we could go to.

brit 32:20

Yeah.

josh 32:21

Mm-hmm.

brit 32:22

Yeah. I think there's tons of things that we could find to do.

josh 32:27

Yeah. You won't get bored in Dublin.

brit 32:28

No.

josh 32:29

Yeah. I think that's all we have for Dublin.

brit 32:31

So next episode we are going to be doing our big review of Ireland in general. We'll talk about the broad overview of what it was like, what we liked, what we didn't like, all of that. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube@WSMHtravels

josh 32:51

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brit 33:09

Thank you so much for listening. Until next time