Celbridge - Back to the cottage, Ireland
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Saturday we had left open for travel and if we got back soon enough, we may try and get out. Now we had about a 5 hour trip back to his house. We decided instead to get out and visit the local pub(s) on our last night in town. We hit a few, watching the Masters for a couple hours and then walking the town square. I believe I counted 8 pubs within 200 yards. They definitely like their Guiness. Oh, and on that subject, there is a HUGE difference between what we get in the states and what they serve in Ireland. But, I digress. We walked by a few that were just a bunch of tourists and bluehairs. We passed on those and stopped in a pub that had a lot of people going in and out with some pretty loud music. Fun atmosphere with a couple dance floors and downstares was a 'nightclub' called The Crypt. It was definitely Friday night. The locals, Mom's, Grand parents, teenagers, (you have to 18 to drink in Ireland), they all came in to town to have a few pints and dance. Notice I didn't say Dad's. They must have been in one of those Old Fogey Bars we passed on earlier. It was a great time people watching, seeing the young tourists get shot down, wild clothes from the locals and the tourists. Man people where some jacked up things. We got back to the hotel around 2:30 am and decided we definitely were in no condition to play on Saturday.
Uneventful day on Saturday, had a little rain, 5 hours of driving kind of stunk, but we just relaxed afterword and had some of my brother's exceptional spaghetti. Of course, the post dinner Romeo y` Julietta cigar was of course exceptional as well. Saturday night we watched the Masters and with the rain delay gave up around midnight to see anymore.
