Food & Wine: January 2005 Archives

So, we jumped over to Belgium for the Kempen Trophy this month.  In the spirit of the "roaming gnome"; we brought along Alli (as seen in the picture).  She went everywhere - even places she shouldn't have been - getting her picture taken with local famous people, found partaking libation in the tavern.  She also managed to be seen amongst a few dead royals buried in the crypts of the cathedrals and castles that Europe seems to have on every corner.

Later in the trip she found herself in Dublin as it was our point of entry and departure.  There she stayed in U2's posh hotel, The Clarence.  Those boys, whom I thought were representative of the common man of Ireland, sure know how to live in up in the swanky south-side of Dublin.  Just a block away, in the Temple Bar section, was a host of traditional Irish bars and music.  :-P  Oh, yeah...we also toured the Guinness Brewery.  It was capped with a hearty pint atop the window bar, located at Dublin's highest point.