Sunday, August 19, 2012

Blarney Castle

 Blarney Castle from down below
 underground caves
DUNGEON

 awesome that Tim has wolf eyes in this picture, apparently being in a dungeon turns you into a werewolf.
 Blarney Castle again
 view over the gardens
 an old part of the castle, maybe this could be mine?
 flooded tunnel
 river
 Blarney
 old fireplace in the castle
 view of the Blarney House from the top of the castle
 giving that stone some lip!
 hold on tight!
 MWUAH!
 looking down into the castle hall
 old carriage
 pretty flowers
 original stables
 wild looking plant
 old house
 Rock Close at Blarney Castle, this was an old Druid arrangement of rocks in circle, apparently it was safe when you were inside of a circle
 more pretty flowers
 waterfalls
 super giant leaves
 more waterfalls on the grounds
 pretty walkway, too bad it was flooded
 that little gap at the top is where the Blarney Stone is, nobody told me that I was going to hang upside down that high up!
 wild!
 the Blarney House
 wild looking plant, so naturally I tried to fight it
 gross
 in front of Blarney Castle

genuine Irish rainbow, except without the pot of gold and leprechaun
the poison garden from above
well, I'm not sure if we got the gift of eloquence or not, but we definitely didn't become independently wealthy, sorry Denise.

Jameson Distillery

 mmmm Jamo, here we come!
 mash mash mash
 all I remember is triple distilled
 original barrel
 and a free surprise at the end!
 CHEERS!  This is for you, Mr. Yeagle, one drink in every town
old Jameson bar mirror

Guinness Storehouse

 Welcome to the world of delicious beer!
 Follow the signs...
 Keep going...
 WE MADE IT!
 baller, now when do we get that free pint?
 This is the original contract that Arthur Guinness signed to lease the brewery for 9000 years at 45 pounds per year, now that's a bargain!
 Guinness Stout here we come!
 all the different bottles made by Guinness over the years
the original vault were Arthur Guinness held the strain of yeast that he used to make the first Guinness
 waterfall inside the building
 secret
 please don't tell my Scottish family this.
 owl + Guinness = awesome
 first ever advertisement for Guinness, please zoom in and read, its convincing!
 Guinness ad
 Guinness marketing over the years
 Finally made it to the bar!  This was pretty cool, it had a 360 view of Dublin.
 perfection
so Irish

 View over Dublin
look out towards the park
Guinness was AMAZING, but let's face it, Jameson is made here too, so on to the next one...