Touring the Welde Brewery

Touring the Welde Brewery

This was another of those lazy, stay at home, relax and get stuff done type of weekends. We've been gone the last few weekends and while we love having those quick weekend getaways, it can make laundry, grocery shopping and cleaning more difficult to fit in. But that doesn't mean we don't have fun when we stay home!  

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Famine, Guinness and Pubs

Famine, Guinness and Pubs

After leaving Cork, we had a three hour drive ahead of us to Dublin.  But before we made it there, we made a couple of stops along the way: the Rock of Cashel and the Smithwick's Brewery.  The next day in Dublin, which was also New Year's Eve, was spent exploring.  We checked out a famine museum on a reproduction of a famine boat and went to the Guinness brewery.  Sorry if this post is kinda long, but as a reward for hanging in there, you'll get to see some pretty pictures!

One of my Facebook friends posted one of those articles that shows pretty pictures of things.  The topic of this one was European Castles.  Seeing as how we are kind living in Europe, I checked it out to see

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