Dublin' our pleasure

That's the writing on the shirt I wore our first day here. I'm quite the geek. However, on to the post.

I guess you can't really start a post without describing where you are. We're staying about a 5 minute drive from Bono's house. And Enya, though I had no idea who she was. The area is beautiful - Dublin is not what one would expect, but then again we're in quite the posh neighborhood. We're staying with a friend, Dave, who we had staying at our house last year. The family has been more than gracious, and we've had a great time with them.

I guess our favorite part thus far has been the Guiness brewery - we spent about two hours there. Its not so much the beer we liked, but the whole experience of being in the biggest brewery in the world. It's like our Mecca.

We been introduced to a couple of new sports - Hurling and the more well known Gaelic football. Hurling is basically a bunch of grown Irish men with huge wooden spoons, a lacrosse ball, zero padding except for a 1987 cooper bucket, and playing solely for pride. In other words, men with a death wish. Today we saw a guy rip every tendon in his leg, which may be coincidence for our first time, but i still think its crazy.

Tomorrow we head for Belgium, to drink some delicious beers and eat chocolate. Maybe even some waffles. Better yet - Waffles with chocolate washed down by a beer. I'll try and get Rossi or Marc to post with another impression of Ireland, but if I can't - TTFN

Cheers, or Slainte

Coates