Dublin – Day 2 & 3
We rented a car, which in Ireland they call hiring a car, and drove from Belfast to Dublin. Brantley drove us in this tiny car that barely fit us and our stuff. The roads are small with tight curves and we’re on the opposite side of the road so it’s a little freaky and yet quite thrilling in some weird way I guess. Anyway, we made it to Dublin after a visit to a touristy spot where we looked at ruins that were 5,000 years old…older than Stonehenge! Crazy stuff and truly amazing. We checked into our hotel in Dublin and then over to Sin E. Sin E is right off the river and a really great club. The owner, Kieran, treated us like royalty and the people were very welcoming to us and our music. I had my Dublin friend, Peter McGuire, who’s an awesome guitar player join me on my sets. Peter’s been a friend of friend until this trip and he’s simply a great guy and uber talented musician. It was a blast. Before the show kicked off we were missing a mic so Kieran showed up at the club and drove us to another club which was full of famous Irish boxers, news casters and the like and we got the missing gear we needed to make the show work. What a great night with new friends! Today we had a free day so we traveled to some countryside medieval site and the drive was out of this world beautiful with a huge waterfall, scary winding roads, rolling hills, plenty of sheep and a lot of wind and rain. We had lunch in a small little town where we ate some local food and then headed back to Dublin for an evening in the Temple Bar district and listenign to Irish folk music. Now it’s time for us to hit the hay and gear up for our show in London tomorrow night at the Portobello Acoustic Sessions in Notting Hill.
-Matt, Brantley and the Europe tour team
