Dublin by Night

Dublin by night is quite an experience. All of the bars that we went to had a traditional Irish band playing (except for the Vat House), so it was really cool to drink and to experience. The Temple Bar area is the place to be at night...that is for sure! This is where you can find great shops, food, and of course pubs! The Temple Bar is also a place...a huge and very popular place. We went there the first night and here is a picture of one of the bars in the Temple Bar.

And the first beer...Guinness, of course...

And good friends, Brett and Jennifer...

The Temple Bar is a big bar that consists of a lot of smaller rooms/bars. It is very crazy in there and filled with people...we had to wait a few just to get in the door! It might have been a little too packed for us so we ended up spending most of our time at Gogarty's, which is officially my favorite bar in Dublin. Its a restaurant, bar, and youth hostel, here is what it looks like from the outside...

And I love that at all the pubs, the name of the bar is branded into the table.

We spent most of our first and last night at this bar because of the fantastic Irish music. We sang Irish folk and drinking songs, and also listened to them jam.

Here is a little snippet of one of jams...PS she can rock the fiddle!

The Temple Bar area was packed on New Year's Eve and we had a hard time getting into eat anywhere, not to mention getting into a pub! We ended up at The Vat House where there was not an Irish band, but plenty of entertainment!

It was not easy to find a table here either so we hung out and everyone but me enjoyed Guinness...I went ahead with the Carlsberg. We did scope a table and eventually sat down so TJ and Brett could have their Jameson Irish Coffees in a civilized manner.

We rang in the New Year at this bar...complete with TJ dancing with the English to the "I would walk five hundred miles..." song to which one of the Englishmen deemed a classic. Who knew? And the next picture would be our first picture together of 2009.

Mostly the music at the Vat House consisted of old American hits, so we sang along and people- watched. And this is what we caught a glimpse of...watch it...it does not disappoint.

Jennifer and I started making up ficticious stories about where they were from, hobbies etc. I thought she may have been a Russian mail order bride, and he a lonely and dated dance instructor. Jennifer thinks she was more Serbian. Who knows...at least we had a good time!
Being in Dublin on New Year's, we thought we would see some fights. We did, but not on the eve. It seems as though some of the Irish celebrate all day on New Year's Day too...which brought us to see many scappy events on New Year's Day. It was interesting, all in all you just gotta love the Irish! Aside from these events, Dublin is great for those of you who haven't been. We liked it very much, and I would certainly like to go back!
More blogging this week, and on a much better schedule as TJ and I are starting to feel better.
Auf Wiedersehen!