The Temple Bar Dublin: Far from a Tourist Trap

The brightly colored Temple Bar is named after the Dublin neighborhood where it resides. The place has something of a reputation as a tourist trap, in fact our taxi driver warned us that it wasn’t worth it. We arrived at around 10:00 am with an opening time listed as 10:30. We did see that some of doors were open with people inside so took a look to check out the venue. Inside, we saw that one of the bars was already open and so it seemed like an opportune time for a Guinness. People told us that Guinness tastes different here compared to the states, though I couldn’t ascertain the difference myself. The venue has all kinds of little rooms that are fun to wander within and hang out in, and the people watching is so good a group of four lads asked me to take their picture. The myriad historical details are interesting to check out and it is wall to wall stickers on the way down to the toilets that may have had a recent addition. By the time we left there was traditional Irish music…