Folks throughout the Bay Area are getting their green on for St. Patrick’s Day but travel enthusiast Dana Rebmann says the best way to celebrate is with a trip to Ireland. 

Dana says non-stop flights from the Bay Area to Dublin run about 10 hours. Dana toured a constant in Dublin since 1780.

Jameson Whiskey offers a number of high-tech, spiffy tours throughout the day. You’ll learn a bit of history – the founder was actually born in Scotland but you also learn a great deal about the distilling process and do a comparative whiskey tasting to help all that you’ve learned truly sink in. 

It’s a very high-tech tour with lots of video and interactive elements. At the end of the tour, guests are treated to a complimentary drink at the bar.

If a little caffeine, or maybe sugar is more your style, Dublin’s got that too.

Ireland has put its twist on afternoon tea. The Merrion Hotel showcases Ireland’s largest private art collection.

So when you have tea here, the sweets don’t just provide a sugar rush, they’re abstract takes on artwork in the hotel.

In addition to appreciating the art that’s on your plate, it just might change the way you view the art hanging on the walls throughout the property.

The Little Museum of Dublin comes with a space dedicated to the history of rock band U2. The entire museum is only a handful of rooms in size in an old Georgian home, and everything in it was donated by Dubliners.

You’ll gain hundreds of years of perspective on a tour that runs less than an hour.

Arguably the most popular attraction in Dublin is the Book of Kells, on display at Trinity College. Written more than a thousand years ago, the manuscript details the four gospels. It’s incredibly illustrated and transcribed, all by hand.

A visit here also includes admission to the Old Library and the stunning Long Room. At more than 200-feet in length, it’s home to around 200-thousand of the Library’s oldest books.

As you’re strolling through campus, keep your eyes open, you never know what might catch your eye.

The Berkeley Library is named after Bishop George Berkeley, who is also the mostly forgotten, or simply unknown namesake for our Berkeley.
 

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