What a start to our trip! Flight delays and crazy turbulence – it made for an eventful 6 hours. We are staying at the Sandymount hotel – known as the Rugby Hotel around here. It’s gorgeous and quiet & of course we got a room upgrade! Speaking of upgrades, we are driving around town in a brand new left side of the street car, being married has its perks!
We freshened up a bit and headed into city center to tour the Guinness storehouse (the brewery). While waiting in line we were noticed 2 things: Europeans/Tourist like to roll & smoke their own cigarettes & Americans stand out!
Come to find out, today is the busy day of the year at the brewery. While we were there, our guide told us there were roughly 9 thousand were taking the tour at the same time! The building was huge – 6 floors as well as a huge skyline bar at the top. The tour took awhile because we took part in every event they had – learned the correct way to drink Guinness, saw the advertising over the years & even passed the “perfect pour” academy! If you ever need a perfectly poured Guinness, give us a call!
We then headed to dinner at Fire, President Clinton ate there the last time he was in town. It was amazing and while the food hit the spot, the highlight of the night was our server asking Bowen if “he was that american actor?!?” He couldn’t think of the name & when I said he gets that a lot, the waiter said MATT DAMON! The server kept looking at Bowen during dinner with strange glances & now we know why, he thought Bowen was Matt Damon. While I do love me some Matt Damon – I’m glad I’ve got Bowen Dennis!!
Calling it an early night so we are ready for the big day tomorrow – St. Patrick’s day festival!
So far we love the city & the people!
Missing you all at home!
Cheers!
a NOLA girl in a Big world 
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