Just got back from a weekend in Dublin! It was so much fun! We left on Thursday for a class field trip, and had a busy day rushing around to see everything. We started in Dublin at the national museum. There were lots of artifacts there and it was cool to see many of the things we had learned about in class. There was also an exhibit on the bog bodies, which were mummified remains found in bogs throughout Ireland. They were a bit creepy but really interesting because they were so old and very well preserved. From the museum, we walked to a quick lunch in a random gaudy restaurant and then walked through viking Dublin, which was just the main areas of Dublin back when the vikings first settled there. We then headed over to Christ church cathedral and spent some time looking around. The church was actually used to film parts of "The Tudors" which I was particularly excited about since I had watched the whole series over the summer. They even had some of the costumes worn by the actors in the basement. Outside the church, we had a quick chance to munch on some delicious candy and sit in the grass to enjoy a rare sunny day as we waited for everyone to finish looking around. From there we went back to the bus and checked in to the hostel which was located in the widely popular temple bar area and to my excitement, right next door to one of the two Urban Outfitters stores that exist in Ireland. We had a decent amount of free time that was spent wandering around temple bar before heading to dinner where we were served ridiculously large proportions. I ordered "BBQ chicken" and ended up receiving a whole chicken, while a friend of mine got a whole pizza. luckily the school was paying! Dinner came with dessert and I ordered the best cheesecake I have ever had in my life. We headed back to the hostel and got ready in our cramped room to go out. We ended up "hosting" everyone gathering to go out in our hostel room because it was the largest area we could go. Somehow we managed to cram a good 20 people into the space. Needless to say the trash can was filled with empty drink bottles from everyone's escapades the next morning. The next day we started at 7am, which was terrible for the people who had stayed out long enough for a hangover. We took the bus for about an hour and stopped at Newgrange, a neolithic (really old) passage tomb. It was really cool to see the tomb, it was so old, yet really well preserved. It was crazy to learn that the ceiling of the tomb had not let in a drop of water since it had been built 5000yrs ago (which is insane especially for Ireland!). We then headed to Trim Castle, a 12th century medieval castle used to film scenes of Braveheart. It was still in decently good condition, and was a fun area to explore. Our tour guide was great and even confessed to playing in the castle when he was a boy, before it became a protected area. After that, the rest of the class left for Cork, but four of us stayed to catch a quick bus back to Dublin. When we got to Dublin we found our hotel and grabbed some dinner. We went to an Irish pub for our food, and I got a bowl of split pea soup which was really delicious. The next day we spent wandering about the Guinness factory, before I headed back to catch a bus to Cork because I had managed to get sick, yay. I spent all of Sunday sleeping which was nice and hopefully I will get better quickly so I can have more adventures to post about!
Sorry for the long post... Cheers!
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