James Joyce

Before I left, my mom told me I had to try a different German beer every week. I have not exactly kept up with that, but I did go to an Irish Pub and try some Irish beer. I found myself a new drinking buddy in Mary, who hails from Detroit and has a family as Irish as mine is German. She was able to recommend some drinks to me, and I have now tried 4 different Irish beers. I tried a Half-and-half, which was Grolsch and Murphy's, a Black and Tan (I don't remember what was in that), a Black Velvet (Strongbow Cider and Murphy's), and a straight Murphy's Stout. Of all of them, the Black and Tan was my hands-down favorite, but there wasn't one that I straight up hated.

I should mention that these all took place in two different sittings. I didn't drink all of these drinks in one trip to James Joyce (the pub that we went to). While we were there the second time, an older German man sat down at an empty stool at our table and talked to us for a minute before he started drawing us. It was a very strange occurrence. After he was finished, he asked us if either of us wanted the picture (it actually wasn't bad), but neither Mary nor I really cared to have it. So we each finished our drinks and left to head back to our respective Studentenwohnheims. It was a very good night, though.

 Half-and-half

 Black and Tan

 My first attempt at a photo of my Black Velvet (it was later and therefore darker on our second trip)

Slightly better photo of the Black Velvet (that's a candle behind it)

That's all for now!

Maddie