Dublin - Day 4
The morning started off as usual with an early breakfast in the cafeteria.
After a small bowl of frosted flakes we were ready to head to the classroom.
Most of us were tired after staying up late in groups to work on presentations
for the next day. All of the presentations were short stories from the novel
Dubliners by James Joyce. Knowing that after class, everyone would be going to
the Guinness Factory Storehouse helped passed the long hours. With a quick
lunch of coffees and crepes from the café on the university campus, we walked
to the bus stop. A highlight for some I think is riding the double decker buses
from the campus to the city centre of Dublin.
Once arrived, everyone was handed and map and a ticket and let loose. At
first you could tell that the building was an interesting shape but actually it
is the world’s largest pint glass which rises up through the 7 stories. There
was so much to see and learning how the whole process of using the ingredients,
the brewing, the transport and the advertising was really cool. I think some of
us were really excited and loved exploring everything and after taking some
photos under the huge Guinness sign, we rode the glass elevator up to the
Gravity Bar. The Gravity bar is a stunning circular room with a 360degree view
of Dublin and looked at the gorgeous view.
Once the group had finished looking at everything and buying half the
Guinness store’s souvenirs, the lucky 14 who were going to the concert had to
quickly catch the bus home, eat some dinner, get ready and get back on the bus
and head back into Dublin. The rest our group either stayed in town a little
later or went back to campus for dinner. The 14 of us were incredibly excited
for the concert, Lady Antebellum who is a country pop music group. With the
tickets clutched in our hands were walked to the theater. The outside of the
Olympia Theater didn’t look like somewhere a concert could be played and upon
finding our seats it looked like we were about to see some opera. The lights
dimmed and the concert opened with a country singer called Kasey Musgraves who
was good and wore cute blue cowboy boots. Once her act finished, the tension
began to build, then with flashing lights Lady Antebellum began. It was amazing
music filled with excitement, energy, soul and emotion. The energy within that
small theater was crazy. No one cared if we didn’t know the words so instead
tried our best and waved our arms around wildly. I think most of us had an
amazing time and it was well worth it. One of my favourite parts was seeing
some of our group dancing madly and singing in their seats across the theater –
as we weren’t all sitting together – and looking at their huge smiles as well.
Josie
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