St. Patrick's Day
(New pictures up under the "Pictures related to blog" section! Woot!)
I made it back safe and sound from my St. Paddy's day trip to Dublin. I left on Wednesday night with my flat-mate, Will, and arrived at UCD at his friend Dan's apartment for the always comfortable floor sleeping. My back still hurts from that ;). The next morning Will and Dan's friends from college arrived early in the morning and the festivities began. I have a new respect for the duty-free stores in airports, and was amazed at how much I missed a few choice American beverages. We ended up watching part of the parade and walking around Dublin for awhile, before heading back to the apartment to nap.
That night we made it back into the city, but I wasn't feeling too hot so while they went to the clubs and bars I walked around and saw some more of the city at night with my camera in tow. I'll be posting pictures shortly. I even made it to U2's recording studios on Windmill Lane, which was really cool. Once I was done there I began the epic task of trying to find a cab back home, which proved virtually impossible as everyone downtown was trying to get a cab out of town. I started around 1 a.m. and didn't get a cab until around 3. Yuck. On the plus side, I did get to talk to Jilian for awhile, who claims I'm sounding more and more "Irish" the more she talks to me, so that was really nice. I also got to see the drunken shenagins of other St. Paddy's Day party-goers, which as you can imagine was an epic party for all involved.
Now I'm weary, need to do laundry, and also need a shower ;). Then there's a little matter of a paper to finish, so I'll keep you guys posted. My apartment is now empty and I am the lone occupier for the next two weeks as the fellas head to Europe. Right now Will should be arriving in Amsterdam, and I'm not sure where Dan's starting off his trip, but they should have a great time. I have work this weekend and hopefully a bit this week as well so I can start really saving up. It'll be a good time for sure.
More genealogy news as well: thanks to Carrie, who has been really putting loose ends together, we found someone who's already done most of the work (even visited the old Fitzpatrick farm) in Ballykeel, so it'll be a matter of time before I get in touch with relatives in Ireland on that side. As always I'll keep you posted there as well.
That's all for now, hope all is well. The weather is getting warmer and sunnier. Pictures will be posted soon, I promise.
Cheers,
-Nate
"You've gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice. You know I took the poison, from the poison stream...then I floated, out of here."-U2
Link of the day: www.gamespy.com For all of you video game nerds..(ok, so all of my friends)...this site's for you.
I made it back safe and sound from my St. Paddy's day trip to Dublin. I left on Wednesday night with my flat-mate, Will, and arrived at UCD at his friend Dan's apartment for the always comfortable floor sleeping. My back still hurts from that ;). The next morning Will and Dan's friends from college arrived early in the morning and the festivities began. I have a new respect for the duty-free stores in airports, and was amazed at how much I missed a few choice American beverages. We ended up watching part of the parade and walking around Dublin for awhile, before heading back to the apartment to nap.
That night we made it back into the city, but I wasn't feeling too hot so while they went to the clubs and bars I walked around and saw some more of the city at night with my camera in tow. I'll be posting pictures shortly. I even made it to U2's recording studios on Windmill Lane, which was really cool. Once I was done there I began the epic task of trying to find a cab back home, which proved virtually impossible as everyone downtown was trying to get a cab out of town. I started around 1 a.m. and didn't get a cab until around 3. Yuck. On the plus side, I did get to talk to Jilian for awhile, who claims I'm sounding more and more "Irish" the more she talks to me, so that was really nice. I also got to see the drunken shenagins of other St. Paddy's Day party-goers, which as you can imagine was an epic party for all involved.
Now I'm weary, need to do laundry, and also need a shower ;). Then there's a little matter of a paper to finish, so I'll keep you guys posted. My apartment is now empty and I am the lone occupier for the next two weeks as the fellas head to Europe. Right now Will should be arriving in Amsterdam, and I'm not sure where Dan's starting off his trip, but they should have a great time. I have work this weekend and hopefully a bit this week as well so I can start really saving up. It'll be a good time for sure.
More genealogy news as well: thanks to Carrie, who has been really putting loose ends together, we found someone who's already done most of the work (even visited the old Fitzpatrick farm) in Ballykeel, so it'll be a matter of time before I get in touch with relatives in Ireland on that side. As always I'll keep you posted there as well.
That's all for now, hope all is well. The weather is getting warmer and sunnier. Pictures will be posted soon, I promise.
Cheers,
-Nate
"You've gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice. You know I took the poison, from the poison stream...then I floated, out of here."-U2
Link of the day: www.gamespy.com For all of you video game nerds..(ok, so all of my friends)...this site's for you.
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