{"id":1587,"date":"2011-04-23T02:26:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T07:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2011-04-23T02:26:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T07:26:57","slug":"quick-trip-to-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1587","title":{"rendered":"Quick trip to Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the privilege of going to Ireland for a quick business trip. I was not to sure what to expect since Ireland was never on my radar screen for potential work and\/or visit.<\/p>\n

I must admit I really liked my visit.\u00a0 I had some time for some sightseeing around town and also a quick trip in the countryside.<\/p>\n

First stop, the most important place in town (or so I was told) The Guinness Brewery.\u00a0 Very interesting.\u00a0 The founder (Mr. Guinness …) sure had a good feeling that the business would be successful.\u00a0 In fact, he signed a 9000 year (yes years) lease for the brewery @ \u00a345 per year. (+-75$US as of writing) Impressive and the current operators of the brewery must be laughing to the bank every time they show a profit at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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Here I am testing the product at the Gravity bar at the top of the Guinness Brewery.\u00a0 The bar gives a 360 view of the city. One thing you notice right away is that there are very few high buildings.\u00a0 In fact, the bar where I was seemed to be the highest point.<\/p>\n

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Now off to the countryside. Getting there was half the fun.\u00a0 Rental cars in Europe are generally with manual transmissions.\u00a0\u00a0 In Ireland, the wheel is on the right, so … the stick is on the left.\u00a0 That took some time to get used to.<\/p>\n

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When driving around, I found Dublin’s surrounding areas to be very pretty. The pastures (or whatever …) are of a crazy green.\u00a0 The pictures does not do justice to the color I saw.\u00a0 I also saw countless sheep in the fields that day.\u00a0 Seems to be pretty big business.<\/p>\n

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Another lovely sight on my trip.\u00a0 Isn’t this is just the kind of stream where you wish you had a fishing rod and some worms?<\/p>\n

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The final picture could really be somewhere in the Caribbean.\u00a0\u00a0 The water is not as blue, but the scenery reminded me of some of the places I have visited, especially the British Virgin Islands.\u00a0 I found the coastline to be very pretty.<\/p>\n

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Now back to Cayman … next post very soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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