First days of Ireland

We finally arrived in Ireland and made our way to a cute bed and breakfast that had over booked and threw us out in the cold dreary weather. Well sunny and 70 and they were very nice and accommodating to the situation according to Laura, but that is just one persons opinion. Then they sent us up a hill to another bed and breakfast that felt sorry for us lonely Americans and took us in. The island is technically part of Dublin, just right outside the main part of the city to the East. It is a port town that is very hilly. However they have fishing boats all over the place so we will get the best seafood around, Yum! By the way it only took us a hour to walk and find the first one. According to the information center they have never heard of Nashville road and the maps the use look like the were drawn and colored by 8 year olds. Anyways we finally got settled and decided to go for a walk on the cliffs. It reminded me of the ocean side in Oregon, very rocky and lots of cliffs and hills. We did hike down the face of a cliff to a beach for some photos. It was quite dangerous, but us experienced hikers made it down. The next day we came into Dublin to do some exploring. We went on the Guinness brewery tour, which is like Disney world for brewery tours. Up top was a circle cafe area that had an amazing view of Dublin. It was probably the best place in the whole city to see all of Dublin. As far as the tour goes I can say that Arthur Guinness was a genius! The reason he used Dublin for his brewery was to use the crisp clean mountain water flowing down to the city. He was also smart to sign a lease for 40 pounds a year for a period of 9,000 years! It was very sunny and warm the first day and now it's very cloudy and rainy. I would say it was 60 today, but the lows only get down to 50 at night. Might be similar to San Francisco. So we didn't get to be outside quite as much and now on our way back to the island to get warm.