In other news we went to Dublin on Saturday which was really
fun. We left early(ish) and headed out
for our Dublin adventure. We drove to
Dublin and parked at IKEA because I refused to drive in the main part of Dublin. We caught a bus into the main part of the
city and after a stop at McDonalds to pee we headed toward Temple Bar. We spent a lot of our time in Temple Bar because
it was so cool. We found all kinds of
fun things in this urban part of town like a book market and a food market on
different streets. I loved the food market
and the book market (big shocker there!).
I mean seriously, my two favorite things, food and books, within a 2
block radius of one another. The food
market was fabulous. They had different
vendors and food stands ranging from Chinese to American style hot dogs to
Irish dairy products to a booth called Viva Mexico. I’ll give one guess at which stand was my
favorite. The Mexican booth seriously
made my day!!! I don’t think I can adequately explain how much I have been
missing Mexican food so when I saw that booth I almost cried. I got a burrito that was like a taste of heaven
on the streets of Dublin. After
exploring Temple Bar for a few hours we headed to Graffton Street.
On Graffton Street we visited Peterson’s pipe shop, a famous
pipe shop in Dublin. As you can guess
that was more for the guys on the team than the girls. It was cool I guess although it was not my
favorite part of the day. On Grafton
Street they also have a lot of street performers which was really cool. I loved all the different acts we discovered
as we walked along the street. There
were different bands and singers and cool dancer and the last act we found was
a juggler. He was quite the character. He was pretty good and Ben even got to part
of the act. St. Stephen’s Green is also
at the end of Graffton street so we walked around the park for a while. It was a beautiful park in the middle of the
city, much like Central Park in New York although St. Stephen’s Green is
smaller. They did have swans though
which was cool although I was ok watching them from a distance and not getting
up close and personal with them, they are still birds after all!
After all that we headed back to IKEA where we ate dinner
and started finding stuff to furnish our house.
We have been saving our household money the last few weeks so we could
start getting stuff for our house like kitchen supplies and hangars and trash
cans. We came away with quite a haul
which mostly fit in our small car. After
a long and exhausting day we headed home which was an adventure in itself.
The first part of the drive was fine because it was on the
motorway so the road was nice and spacious so although it was dark I had lots
of room and didn’t get too freaked out.
Then we turned off the motorway onto what I’m pretty sure is the most
terrifying road created by man. It was
this tiny little road that was not exactly straight to put it lightly and it
was pitch black and to make it even better there was fog. Needlessly to say the drive was stressful but
my team was great about being encouraging and helping me not freak out! I never thought I would be so happy to see
Delvin. After missing the road to our
house and taking a little tour of Delvin to turn around we arrived home where
we all just crashed on the couch for a while before heading to bed.
Well, I believe that is all for now! Thank you all for reading my blog and
supporting me! I really appreciate it
and keep you all in my prayers. Look for
more posts and photos on Facebook. I
just put up a whole bunch of new photos on Facebook so head to my Facebook page
and check ‘em out!
God Bless,
Amy
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