Anyone for a shot?

So this past week I've had a new roommate. One of the guys I work with has been over working in Ireland so he has been rooming with me in the apartment...and he has no car so therefore I am his chauffeur. Anyways though, I ended up taking him to Kinsale to see the Charles Fort that I've already been to. Saturday night though, we went east to Midleton, a town where another guy I work with here in Ireland lives and the home of the original Jameson Distillery. When we first got there we went on the tour of the distillery, which was a really good time. I learned some interesting things about whiskey making, such as the fact that American whiskey distiller's are the laziest of the three (American, Scottish, and Irish), as they only distill their whiskey once, while the others distill theirs two and three times respectively. After the tour, we all got a complementary glass (shot) of whiskey, which was pretty cool. Because of the tour, I decided that I might start drinking more whiskey...however, I couldn't convince myself that I would ever feel comfortable drinking the bottle of 2000 euro (aprox $2700) Jameson whiskey they had in the gift shop.

After visiting the distillery, we ended up going to this great, but fancy restaurant called O'Donnovan's. I had some interesting carrot and coconut soup (not sure it's originally an Irish dish) which ended up being really good. The whole meal was awesome, until we got the bill of 200 euro (aprox. $270) for only 4 of us. I guess I'll be eating sandwiches at the apartment for a bit to make up for that.