Good morning, guys! Welcome back. Right now we are in Dublin.
And we’re starting off the day with a really unconventional way.
We’re in the docklands and we’re wakeboarding on a cable system that's going to pull us over a series
of jumps.
We’re at a place called Wake Dock and it’s basically cable pulley system.
It got a lot of tricks and jumps and stuff.
We haven’t wakeboarded in a couple years, so this could be fun or slightly dangerous.
Hi I’m Marko. Nice to meet you.
Alex.
Nice to meet you. How are you?
Good.
Crazy first?
Signing away our lives?
What’s the worst thing that could happen to us right now?
Bloody nose? Maybe slightly worse.
You’ll know you’ll see how you get around. You’ll feel it if you feel comfortable on
the board, ya know?
Rock, paper, scissors!
Ugh! Aww! So what does that mean?
You go first.
Hahahaha!
Getting into my bridal gown.
Barely fit your wedding dress.
Yeah, so apparently you just go around in loops. So I’m just going to do a couple
practice loops and then we’re going to try to do some of these jumps.
It’s been a while since I “schralped that gnar” in the snowboard park and I haven’t
wakeboard in about ten years.
So what are we in for, dude?
The time of your life.
You need to get low.
Get low!
You need to practice your edging corners and just generally just have fun
Heyo!
Dude that looks fun.
My God! Markos is just shredding right now! Mark, chapeau, my friend, chapeau
You got skills bro, you got skills.
Thank you man!
He got skills.
You gotta get in here man! It’s really fun and the water isn’t even cold at all.
Well I hope I can get a couple rounds in. Smash it, not hurt myself.
Hopefully I can butter the box after a couple runs in, but Marko set the precedent high.
Real high.
We’re in Ireland the land of butter bro!
[montage]
Whoo!
That was so epic!
Dude, you got the "Kodak courage." Good job!
I mean seriously super super fun. Very much like you said, very similar to snowboarding.
What a great day to start in Dublin, bro.
Ready to explore more?
I am!
Boom!
Whoa! What is that bro? What is that?
Snapchat! Follow our Snapchat!
Right now we just arrived to Trinity College and we’re going to round out our
exploration of Ireland by delving back into Irish culture here in the capital.
We’re going to start off with a bunch more old school.
That is why we have come to Trinity College. It is the center of learning here in Ireland.
We’re going to see The Book of Kells, which is widely regarded and Ireland’s national
treasure.
Basically a monastic illustrated manuscript from A.D. 800.
So we’re going to tell you more about it inside.
Let’s go.
We’re good to go?
Yeah. Go on ahead.
Alright guys right now we are in the Long Room.
This place seems like a place like Hogwarts.
You can see why it’s called the Long Room. It’s super long and below us down is The
Book of Kells.
We’re not allowed to film there but we just took a look at it and kind of wanted to share
with you our thoughts on The Book of Kells.
For me, artistically, I think it is a really unique document because it’s very ornate
and detail oriented from a period of time where artwork was kind of stagnating.
It’s between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
For me it’s super cool, mostly from the amount of colors.
They’re using like berries and lichens and insects to get these colors to just sort of
pop off the page.
To me it was really cool how they blended symbolism with calligraphy and with beautiful
artwork.
Yeah but it’s significance just not for the intricacy of the illustration or ornateness
of the calligraphy,
which in themselves are amazing, but also because of the roles that these Irish monks
played
during this time when Europe really was falling into the Dark Ages and they were able to preserve
these old Roman and pre-Roman
texts and then later brought light to the Dark Ages and allowed the Renaissance really to
happen.
That whole period of Celtic Christian culture was a golden age in the early Irish years
and it kind of ended when the Vikings came from Scandinavia and started raiding all the
monasteries methodically.
But they also founded cities including the city of Dublin, is actually founded by the
Vikings
and a lot of port cities in Ireland were. So those cultures ended up blending together
and making
what we have today. There is definitely a lot of culture here in the city and we’re
going to explore a bit more of it right now.
Scoot over to the left again. Shake it around. Over to the right. Okay there we go! That’s
perfect.
Alright, well. It’s a busy day in downtown Dublin. We’re next to the Merchant’s Arch,
but we’re heading to a place called Brother Hubbard to grab a quick bite to eat.
Brother Hubbard. The cafe we've been looking for.
Hello! How’s it going?
This is a self-styled "Best sandwich in Dublin." Pulled pork sandwich fried egg on top.
So we’re going to go meet up with Clisare, who's an Irish Youtube named Clare who does
the Irish bucket list.
She’s going to help us with a pint in the Guinness Factory.
Dadada!!! Guinness.
Marko.
Hi! How are you?
How’s it going?
Hi!
Hiya! I’m Alex.
Hey Alex!
Guys! We have a friend. This is Clare from Clisare.
Hello.
And she’s going to be…
That’s very close. Hahaha!
So she does this series called Irish Bucket List and she’s going to be filming a video
for her channel, so when you finish this one go check it out!
Are you ready for a pint?
Yes! I’m so ready for a pint.
Let’s do it!
Whoa!
This is the real place to be. They say that Arthur. The magical fifth ingredient for Guinness.
This guy was either a genius or a nutter.
When he made Guinness over 200 years ago he put a lease on the recipe and the
company that protects him for the next 9000 years and supposedly they have some
Guinness yeast stored away under lock and key.
Kind of like a seed collective in case of the apocalypses.
So I guess if the world ever ends and everything goes to shit. At least there will be some
Guinness when it’s all done.
So this place is crazy busy but it’s for a reason.
There’s a million people that come to this place every year.
Number one tourist attraction in Ireland, but what was recently named the best tourist
attraction in Europe.
I think it’s pretty cool.
Looks like Clisare is going to hop on this seal.
That’s a pretty big seal. SeaWorld! I heard SeaWorld.
You can’t do this after ten pints. Seriously.
Right. We learned a little bit about the history but now it’s time to learn the most important
thing about a Guinness.
How to pour it in Guinness Academy.
Have any of you guys pour a pint before, guys?
Yeah but not a Guinness.
Follow these 6 steps and you’re guarantee to get the perfect pint each and every time.
Now we’re going to show you the six steps to pouring the perfect pint of Guinness.
So step one is the glass. Make sure it’s clean and make sure it’s a Guinness.
Step number two is the angle.
Aim for the golden harp at a 45 degree angle.
Step three is the pour.
Step four the settle. You got to leave that guy there for 119.5 seconds.
Step five is the top up. You want to get that frothy head and then step six…
Present the lovely Guinness and Alex knows step seven.
Drink it.
Drink it. Enjoy.
Oh the pressure is on.
Did you follow the previous step?
No. Totally forgot. Just get the glass and aim for the goal.
And then you leave it there as all the regulars order a small whiskey with a chaser.
Cheers.
That’s like me and you two in real life. There’s me.
So we just finished at the Guinness Storehouse and we have to say goodbye to Clare, but check
out her channel. She has the Irish Bucket List series.
So where can they find you? What Youtube channel?
Youtube.com/Clisare. C-L-I-S-A-R-E.
Thanks for hanging out.
Thank you! Yes!
Okay but first you’re giving us a ride across town right?
Yes.
I hope! Let’s go.
Alright guys that was an incredible day exploring Dublin.
We’re at the Dublin Fridge Festival and there’s a show that is about to start, so
w’re going to pop in and say goodnight to you guys.
But stay tuned for the next episode because tomorrow we are cool hunting in Dublin.
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In the meantime stay curious, keep exploring, and we’ll see you guys on the road.
Peace!