Ireland - Day 2

Yesterday got pretty busy so here's your update :)

1. We had two lectures yesterday. One on the history and one on the language. The language one was definitely my favorite. Probably because the professor was exuberant and animated and helped me feel a bit more awake.

2. Then we did a tour of Dublin by bus, which took us the St. Patrick's Cathedral where I got to see the grave of Jonathan Swift (author of Guillver's Travels) and then back to the Trinity College to see the Book of Kells. As terrible as it probably is to say, I was more impressed by the National Library of Dublin (rows and rows of old books. WIN!) then I was with the Book of Kells. I mean, it's pretty, it's just not my nirvana.

3. I found two group mates to eat sushi with me :) And it was delicious :)

4. We went on a Literary Pub Crawl and I tried Bulmer's Hard Cider and Guiness! And believe it or not, I liked the Guiness. It didn't have the intense Hops flavor that always turns me off from beer. In addition, I came in second place for the Literary Pub Crawl quiz and although I would have rather had the t-shirt, I did get a bottle of Irish whiskey. To its credit, I'd say it's pretty freaking neat sovenir.

Until tomorrow!

(And if any of my RP friends would be so kind as to send me a summary of what's been going down since the weekend, I'd love to get an email)

Ireland - Day 2

Yesterday got pretty busy so here's your update :)

1. We had two lectures yesterday. One on the history and one on the language. The language one was definitely my favorite. Probably because the professor was exuberant and animated and helped me feel a bit more awake.

2. Then we did a tour of Dublin by bus, which took us the St. Patrick's Cathedral where I got to see the grave of Jonathan Swift (author of Guillver's Travels) and then back to the Trinity College to see the Book of Kells. As terrible as it probably is to say, I was more impressed by the National Library of Dublin (rows and rows of old books. WIN!) then I was with the Book of Kells. I mean, it's pretty, it's just not my nirvana.

3. I found two group mates to eat sushi with me :) And it was delicious :)

4. We went on a Literary Pub Crawl and I tried Bulmer's Hard Cider and Guiness! And believe it or not, I liked the Guiness. It didn't have the intense Hops flavor that always turns me off from beer. In addition, I came in second place for the Literary Pub Crawl quiz and although I would have rather had the t-shirt, I did get a bottle of Irish whiskey. To its credit, I'd say it's pretty freaking neat sovenir.

Until tomorrow!

(And if any of my RP friends would be so kind as to send me a summary of what's been going down since the weekend, I'd love to get an email)