Tourists

Today we had our walking tour of Dublin. Our whole group basically just screamed "we are not from Ireland!" All of us in our sneakers with our cameras, huddled around in a large group taking up the whole sidewalk. It was a little funny, sometimes you just have to enjoy being the average tourist. This is the tour we were supposed to go on last week that got postponed. In all honesty it would have been a lot more helpful last week than it was today. By now most -if not all- of us had already been where they brought us, so it was basically just a pointless walk in the cold. 5 degrees Celsius and I haven't the foggiest what that is in Fahrenheit but if I were guessing I would say maybe 25 degrees? It definitely felt like we were back home. Other than today it has been relatively nice, in the high 40s. A nice treat from leaving 10 degree weather. Any way we walked around Trinity campus, which is actually really pretty, then we made our way around to Grafton St, the Temple Bar area, Dublinia (the Dublin Castle), and the City hall. We didn't really go inside anywhere, just walked by and heard some history on the locations. It truly wasn't the most exciting tour I've ever been on, but it was free so I guess that makes it okay.
The worst part about the tour was that, even though it wasn't until 2 pm, all of us felt like utter garbage because we got mangled last night. Too many shots of vodka and glasses of wine before we even left the apartments. Obviously, we went to the Pale again. We just love it there. Aimee is one of the bartenders and she is our favorite. I found out what the tasty orange drink was from the other night. It is called a Super Split and is made of Captain Morgan and Club Orange. Named after an ice pop that it tastes like. Literally so good, probably my new favorite drink. There was lots of signing and dancing and laughing from what I remember... but too many drinks led to a very blurry night and a painful morning. It was good craic though. haha.
We actually ended up back at the Pale once already today. After the tour a bunch of us went there to get food. The sandwiches were surprisingly good. Tonight we are going to a "party" somewhere I guess. Another college is throwing it, and they have invited our small college to join them. The other college is made up of foreign students from around Europe, so it will be a chance for us to mingle with some people our age that are roughly in the same position as we are. Should be a good time. And I've got to get ready for that now. Adios.