Saint Paddy's Day in Ireland!

The most famous Irish holiday and I happened to be in Ireland! I was surprised that it was actually a pretty mellow affair. I woke up at 9 30 and started with a drink while doing my hair. Colleen and her friend Mary made pancakes with nutella that were absolutely delicious. We then headed to city center to see the parade! It was kind of lame but we were late and basically had to chase it down and watch it as we walked with it. We got free flags! After the parade we just started going into random pubs. Got a half pint of Guinness for traditions sake, then kept moving. We went up to the top dome of Victoria Square, took some pictures then started walking to campus. We stopped at another pub, Robinsons, which we didnt stay long. we went to the restroom and when we came out we left because there was a classic Irish man wasted off his arse. He had thrown up in the hallway three times, picked up his pint and kept drinking before the bouncer escorted him out. Either way it was gross, so we left. Stopped and had lunch. Best burger of my time here! Then we headed back towards Elms. We came back and I power napped hard. Slept for probably 2 hours and woke up ready as ever to go out again! This time we only went to the Eg which is super close student bar. We actually found seats which was impressive. They had a live Irish band from the Republic playing that was awesome! they were so great. and we got to see some students even bust out in Irish dance!

I met a nice guy who bought be a couple drinks and chatted me up for most the night. He even walked me home which was nice. I stayed until close even though everyone else left early. I was having fun! Got home and made plenty of drunken phone calls. It was fabulous. Overall a pretty good Saint Paddy's Day. And thats not a typo. Here in the North that's how they say and spell it.

Since then it has been pretty mellow. The following day I missed my lecture but made tutorial. I was definitely NOT the only one. there were apparently 7 students in class that morning. The rest of this last weekend was a blur. I did pretty much nothing. Saturday I accidentally slept in until 3 30 pm because i was up so late skyping Nemmies. Then Sunday we had another group potluck! It was even better then last time! I made my little's recipe for enchiladas and everyone loved them! We also had fresh salmon, eggplant Parmesan, this yummy asian chicken, a delicious dip, cabbage/kale bruchetta type bread, and then multiple desserts! Colleens peanut butter honey brownies, banana something rather with ice cream, and more cookies with peanut butter cups in the middle and also apples with marmalade and chocolate in them. It was AMAZING! We decided to do it because this weekend we all leave for break and most of us wont be seeing each other for nearly 3 weeks!

Unfortunately this means i will likely be bad with updating this again but i will do my best. I know there is internet at some of the hostels. I will try and post picture also. I start my sub journey on Saturday where I fly to London. Spend the night there then fly out sunday morning to Porto, Portugal. We are there for 5 days, then Clarissa and I will be heading to Marsille, France for 4 nights. When she leaves to head back to the States I move along the coast to Nice, France where I get to meet up with Kenna again!! We spend 6 days there together. When she leaves I am either staying there for 5 more days or making a trip to Milan, Italy if I can afford it. Thats the plan so you all know and I hope to fill you in on the adventures of each place :) Miss you all at home a lot!