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OK, so we really don’t do Hilton much.  We mostly avoid American chains ever since Kimpton bit the dust.  But the Morrison came up on a bunch of separate lists and it looked good in bits.  And you know what?  It was good all told—one of Dublin’s big hotel gems.

Once again it was a beautiful bright day. We needed our American sun glasses. And once again the room wasn’t ready. But Lemon was close by and quite excellent. We had a crepe.

The room was very nice indeed. Great windows over the river. And a very Hilton-design. The only thing missing is any real tech other than wifi (a bare minimum in anyone’s book). Can’t connect to TV? No bluetooth? What?! Apparently google took back their chromecasts leaving the Hilton literally stranded in the tech desert. Not good.

Anyway the room was comfortable and nicely laid out.

The shower was not plastic. It was a good shower.

We did some things in Dublin. Like business…

Stage cocktails followed by a few too many pints of guinness at O’Brien’s Pub (the family pub of a friend).

We hit Kilmainham Gaol early, sobering and excellent.

We had an excellent but very late breakfast at Riggers D8. It was here that we met our fifth very friendly and talkative irishman. Good lord so friendly. But all ever so slightly lonely and all pretty sexist to be honest. An older way of life evolving fast.

We did some shopping near Trinity College.

We had an early Japanese dinner at Kyodai Izakaya after an ill-fated “brazilian drop in”.

And we saw a very good but very old fashioned play (Grania) at the Abbey Theater where we met even more friendly Irish.

We had a huge and very good brunch at PÓG Tara Street on our way to Windmill Lane Studio for a tour.

We spent some time decompressing in St Stephen’s Green.

We paid a visit to Farrier and Draper, ostensibly for a good cocktail. LOL. Dublin may be gentrifying but it has a ways to go. I guess the real bar was bought out for a private event. We had a martini with black olives?!

Which kind of sums it all up nicely. We want to spend some quality time in the real countryside next time we are in Ireland and play some music. The Morrison is a nice place to stay in Dublin, but we are not really the Dublin kind. Four showerheads for the Morrison.