Dublin Pubs.1
This Saturday I started a one-man pub crawl here in Dublin. One-man not as a rule, anyone is welcome to join in, but in the absence/unavailability of friends, one stands alone. With a pint.
I started at the Foggy Dew, a place just outside Dame St. next to the Irish National Bank. I had been there before a couple of times with friends, so it seemed like a good place to start. Very good music, not packed beyond motion, but crowded with people in their mid twenties, thirties. Had a pint while watching the different kinds of people walking around, finished it while watching a rugby match on the tv. Overall a pretty good place.
Next I went down to Temple Bar St., walked around a bit checking out pubs and turned out at the end of Fleet St., on Westmoreland. Was turning around when I heard a lot of folks singing from a pub a few meters from where I was. Didn't think twice, walked towards it.
The place is called O'Sullivan's pub. Smaller than the Foggy, about 6x15m, I couldn't resist to everyone singing along to a guy and his acoustic on stage, playing old Irish songs. Very funny and welcoming, unlike anything I'd seen on the other side of the pond. I walked over to the bar and ordered a pint of Guinness, all of the sudden, the whole pub (I kid you not) starts singing along. The crowd was a bit older than me, consistently 30ish, but the fact that I looked like a kid didn't stop a couple of people from chatting with me. Very cool.
I walked out of the pub a bit buzzed and decided to call it a night. Far from a proper Irish crawl, but then again I'm a light weight drinker.
Looking forward to the next one.
