Dublin

Our first trip out of the country!
It was extrememly cold throughout the whole journey... "land of eternal winter" is what we learned Ireland is also called. All thoughout our trip we ran in to obnoxious Italians who were in Dublin for hte weekend bec of a big rubgy match against ireland. They took over our hostel and were loud = (
Anyways, our hostel was decent, some austrailian came in drunk and gave amy a us dollar. we were confused.
The next day, we did all of the touristy stuff, like Trinity College which houses the Book of Kells. We went to the National Museum which was not that impressive except for the awesome bog bodies...which are strangely preserved bodies due just to chance. Walked by St. Stephan's green to Dublin Castle and had a really well led tour. Dublin castle is a working government building but was a real castle at one point in Dublin's history. This is the building where the new presidents get inaugurated. also, i didn't realize that ireland has a female president.
After, we walked over to St. Patrick's cathedral which was also very impressive.
For dinner I had Irish stew with lamb... and a LOT of potatoes. after we just sort of went bar hopping and came back to our hostel.
The next day we headed over to the Guinness storehouse which was on the other side of town. We took the self-guided tour where they just told us about the process of making it. It was kind of dumb, but at least it came with a free beer at the top where you could overlook the city! We did some shopping and by then it was time to head back to the airport!
All throughout my stay I was reminded of James Joyce... which brings back amusing memories of reading his book "the Dubliners" in high school. oyyy lets just say he wasn't exactly a wonderful view. but i took a picture with his statue nevertheless.
I wish I had taken a bus tour of the rest of the country, but we didn't have enough time. We sort of planned this trip last minute and so many of the hostels were booked ... probably bec of the stupid rugby match. Perhaps I'll make my way back another time.. .when its not winter.