The reason for the continuation is I can't seem to figure out how to post more than 4 photos at a time. I am challenged that way and Duffy is not here to help me, which he would do but only after sighing and shaking his head at my obvious idiocy. Good thing I love him so much and have a lot of self confidence that isn't dependent on my ability to navigate the world of technology.
ANYWAY, as already stated we went to Christ Church today but only got there after getting lost due to my screwed up sense of direction, which is usually quite reliable but was on the blink today for some reason probably having to do with the entire glass of wine I drank last night with dinner. (I was not hungover, in case anyone was wondering... or cared.) On our way to the Church, while we were "lost" we stumbled upon The Bald Barrista. About a month ago I did a web search for coffee shops in Dublin because I do love me a cup of decaf coffee in the afternoon and now that Duffy has turned me into a coffee snob it can't be just any cup of coffee it needs to be really, really good cup of coffee (so right there Starbucks is out). My search brought me to the website for The Bald Barrista, a coffee shop run by a man who also teaches people how to make coffee the right way. Happily, as we were wondering around lost looking for an enormous church that is pretty hard to miss unless you are going in the wrong direction, we stumbled upon The Bald Barrista. Noting the location we vowed to return after seeing the church which we did. Now, I drink Americanos that are mostly espresso with a little bit of water in them and when I make them I pull the shot first and add the water second. The thing about ordering them in a coffee shop is the barrista almost always puts too much water in no mater how much I EMPHASIZE that I only want so much so to solve this problem I have taken to ordering a double shot of decaf espresso and another cup full of hot water. When I asked the Bald Barrista (for he truly is bald) to do this for me he looked at me as if I had lost my damn mind and for a moment I thought he was going to ask me to leave. Instead he told me he would make me his version of an Americano and we could see how that went. While he was making it he told me that you always put the water in first and pull the shot into the same cup on top of the water because then the espresso isn't being broken up and the crema remains undisturbed. (Apparently crema is a bit of a diva and falls apart at the slightest provocation.) Duffy would love this guy and I loved the Americano only realizing after the first two or three sips I had forgotten to order a decaf but I drank it fully caffeinated and all because I have a feeling the Bald Barrista might have strong opinions about decaf espresso that I really wasn't ready to hear. The good news is I am only slightly buzzed from the caffeine and since I am on vacation I don't have a set bed time!
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