The website is not letting me type in body, so this will be in the abstract, and will have to be brief. Kevin and I are in Dublin for about a week. We woke up on Saturday morning at 3:30am to catch the early train to Rome, and we managed to find our way through the maze they call the metro and to the airport.
We checked into our hostel yesterday afternoon and we had 2 Spanish roommates, both guys, which was a little awkward for me, but since we're really not paying much for accomodations, it evens out. We spent time yesterday at Trinity College and saw the book of Kells. That was really spectacular. We got locked in and had to find a back way out of the college, so we did a little exploring and made it back alright. We did the American thing and found our way to a Burger King for lunch, but I promise that fish and chips is in my future, haha.
Today, we went to a modern art museum, the mall, and the National Gallery of Ireland. We saw a lot of paintings by people we'd never heard of, but we managed to see Monet, Manet, and Renoir, so that was amazing. We think we walked about 50 miles today or something. I am already missing Italy. When we hear someone speaking in Italian, we get homesick for Viterbo. It's cute, but I can't imagine how I will feel coming home after essentially 18 weeks away from America.
Tomorrow we are going to go to another art museum, and walk around some more to figure out what fun things there are to do. We'll probably go to St. Stephen's Green as well. We have a Valentine's Day date to go see an Irish Play at the Abbey Theatre. Maybe we'll even get to go on one of those double decker buses, ha ha.
It is nice to hear people speaking English, even if I can't understand the half of it. We've seen so many Mc Donald's and Burger Kings, it's outrageous, so if anything makes me feel better about being away from home, it's nothing a whopper can't fix, ha ha.
I should go. I'm getting windy. Mom, don't forget to water my plants!
A Presto! (or Seeya, Chaps!--Dublin Style)
Doreen