Dublin Zoo and Pub Crawl

On our second (and last) full day in Dublin, we woke up to glorious sunny, clear blue skies so the girls decided to make the trek out to the Zoo via the hop on hop off bus while the boys checked out Croke Park, the huge Gaelic football stadium. We thought we'd see the zoo in the morning then head on out to the Dublin Eye in the afternoon. The zoo was so big we didn't get back into town until well in to the afternoon so decided to go to the Queen of Tarts for a late lunch. It was packed; obviously very popular with locals and for good reason- the savoury tarts were delicious and so filling we couldn't even get to the dessert ones which looked so tempting, we decided to come back for afternoon tea. We didn't make it. Nor did we make it out to the Eye. The pubs are just too unmissable.

Flamingoes- I haven't ever seen them before

Keeley and I headed off to the Brazen Head Inn, the oldest pub in Ireland, mainly so I could say I had been to the oldest pubs in Scotland ( the Clachan Inn) and Ireland, while Lorelle and Kiryn decide to check out St Patrick's Cathedral. We both had a Bulmer's (cider) and then headed back to our hotel, both pretty tired and footsore. We hadn't gone 100 metres when we ran into the others heading TO the Brazen Head, so we all trooped back in again and I settled for an Irish Coffee- just didn't have room for another Bulmer's! Then Kiryn wanted to show us the Stag's Head which she thought we would like. We did, and I had another Bulmer's. Then Rhys wanted to show us the Mercantile Hotel which he thought we would like. We did, and I had another Irish Coffee! Enough is enough! We headed back to our hotel picking up a Molly Malone pizza from  Mona Lisa's on the way. After so many drinks, I could only manage to get through half of it but it was yummy- tuna and olives and cheese mostly.

The elephants were just so entrancing we didn't want to leave them.

The girls all had great fun at the zoo.

The first pub on what turned out to be an afternoon pub crawl. Note, I didn't take any photos of the other 2 pubs although I should have. They were all so different.

Quote of the day: Who would like the last of my stale, flavourless chips? ( Keeley, at the zoo) It doesn't sound all that funny  now but we all nearly wet ourselves laughing as Keeley had bought some TaYto chips her friend Claire had said she must try.  I am still laughing now, at my own expense.