We had booked flights early in the morning from Stansted so we treated ourselves to a hotel at the airport the night before.
Friday afternoon we had a walk around the town fighting periods of rain, drizzle and wind. We dropped Anna's birthday cake off to the bakers who were going to ice it and had a nice cup of tea and a cake while we were there!
Saturday we headed into Dublin to the Guinness factory. I had been very disappointed that the last time we visited Ireland I didn't get my pint of the black stuff so was determined to make amends this time. It was quite busy with a few stag do's but was very educational and we got a have a pint in the sky bar with a great view over Dublin.
We had wanted to visit Kilmainham Gaol (where they filmed the prison scene in the Italian Job) but they were only doing toured visits, the queue was long, the next tour was a long wait and it was expensive. So we went to meet Paul and Anna in the modern art museum across the road. We must admit that it wasn't really our things and after a wonder around we settled for a cup of tea and a cake and sat outside to take advantage of a period of sunshine and break in rain.
Dinner was a great meal in a traditional pub on the way home and we were there just in time for the second half of the champions league final.
Sunday was Anna's birthday and after a breakfast of egg and bacon we spent the morning lazing around before getting ready for the birthday lunch. This was at a very nice hotel about 20 minutes away and we were joined by Anna's son Simon and her daughter Karla, Karla's boyfriend, Paul and Anna's neighbour Mary Theresa and Anna's sister Ilene. After lunch we headed home for cake and champagne and then spent the rest of the day reading our books and trying to digest all the food we had eaten!
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