First Weekend Part Deux

Okay sorry I ran out of time before, I was just about to tell you about our pubbing adventure. Sorry mom and dad, I do go to the pubs here. Some of the people in our program live in apartments not homestays and they made friends with their neighbors, so Brett invited the neighbors out with us. Who knew you could actually hang out with Irish people in Ireland and not just the Americans! So Jimmy, Russell and Paul came out to the pub with us. They kept trying to make me do a Southern accent, not sure what that was about.

Okay, back row is Brett, Alexis and Hayden, with Jimmy down in front. Jimmy is actually a chef. I love goofy pub pictures, you can blackmail people with them later!

In this picture we have Alexis, Hayden, Missy, Jessica, Paul, and Jackie. All the girls are drinking cider, which is fabulous here. The Guiness really is better too. It will be hard to give up that when I come home to the American bars. So when we eventually ventured home, we had to take a cab because it was too late for public transport. Suffice to say we had a bit of difficulty expressing where we lived because we still weren't that sure and everything looks different at night, especially after some pub time. But our taxi driver was really nice and eventually we figured it out. The next day we decided to take it a little easier and stay out in Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Dun Leary) near where we live.

Here is my touching the Irish Sea, not as cold as I expected. Once again though I have run out of time. I have a meeting to get to about my placement with the Dail, so I will continue my story later.