Dublin is lovely.. and rainy.
It will be sunny and pretty one second, and then literally POURING rain the next.. my poor uggs are on their last leg after a downpour today:(
So, to begin our trip in Ireland, we were EXHAUSTED and napped most of the first day. We ended up wandering around the city, buying a replacement adapter for the one I left in Sarah's apartment, found a cute little coffee shop with the BEST espresso, and walked around Trinity College in the sunset, where they had a sweet photo exhibit set up. We met a German boy named Patrick, and we all ended up hanging around and exploring for a few hours.
After that, we went back to our cute little room and changed for the night.. we went out to Temple Bar Street and wandered into a few pubs.. where they had LIVE Irish music. Some nice American boys (ironically, everyone we've met and hung out with is NOT Irish.. sort of frustrating) bought us our first pint of Guinness. I'm glad I tried it, but I think that will be my last.. waaaay too dark and bleggghh for me.
The music and company were FANTASTIC.. it was the cutest little pub with a red-headed Irish tin flute player named Daniel O'Leary or something Irish like that.. it felt straight out of a movie.
Speaking of redheads..
Our first day out in the town, I decided to see if the stereotype of redheaded Irish people was accurate, so I started an official Ginger Sighting Tally. After a mere 24 hours in Ireland, the current status is:
Ginger Sighting Tally: 82
As you can see, that is quite a few people with flaming red hair.. they are EVERYWHERE.
Also, we've already seen 3 rainbows.. a double one on our first day, and a single HUGE one today. We're taking it as a good sign that the rest of our trip will be as amazing as it's been so far.
Until later!
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