Temple Bar

After arriving in Dublin I went out to the Temple Bar section of town which is full of traditional Irish pubs. In Ireland, smoking was recently banned in pubs and it makes such a huge difference. I was just beginning to get used to the smoky bars in the UK. Being in Ireland was so much nicer. I think I take it for granted having lived in California where smoking is banned pretty much everywhere. The bars in Temple Bar are considered to be more touristy. They are still fun though. One of the ones I went to had live musicians playing traditional Irish music. They were just kind of sitting in the bar having a jam session. It was cool. I was shocked however to see in each bar I went into that in addition to having Guinness on tap, they all had Budweiser, MGD and Coors Light on tap as well. And people were drinking those. It was ridiculous.