Ireland - Day 2
Aug. 12th, 2009 08:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snoggedYesterday 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)
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)
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on 2009-08-12 08:38 am (UTC)Was the Literary Pub Crawl done by an older married couple? If so, that's the same one I went on when I was there! I found that one so much fun and interesting!
I am so glad you're having fun!
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on 2009-08-12 12:30 pm (UTC)The crawl wasn't done by an older married couple. In fact, ours looked a bit younger. Apparently, there are seven actors though that do it so I'm sure it rotates plenty.
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on 2009-08-12 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-12 11:14 am (UTC)Glad you're having a good time!!
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on 2009-08-12 12:31 pm (UTC)You definitely need to get to Ireland then
If it would help, I could send you a postcard with a picture at least?
I wouldn't mind doing that for you. Just email me your addy if your interested
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on 2009-08-12 01:32 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-12 01:40 pm (UTC)Glad you're having fun! ♥
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on 2009-08-12 06:50 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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on 2009-08-13 02:49 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-13 03:28 am (UTC)