Saturday, April 24

I am so exhausted I think I might sleep for 12 hours tonight. Steph spent the night last night and we woke up early this morning. Her school had a yard sale today so we decided to head over there to look. It's a long journey to her school, involving two bus rides. We waited for the first bus for over 30 minutes, then we waited for the next one for over 40 minutes. To help pass the time, I taught her the "OP" language which can be compared to pig latin, boput opis wopay bopettoper.

Finally we got to her school, Powerscourt, and looked around the yard sale for a bit. Nothing struck our fancy, so we left with no new purchases. Her school is in a little village called Enniskerry. It's really cute and small, and we decided to stop into a small coffee shop for some muffins. After I ate a chocolate muffin (heart attack) and she ate a blueberry one, we headed back to the bus stop to find we had another 40 minute wait.

Then we decided to take the Dart to get into Dublin, which was another 20 minute wait. Our day clearly involved a lot of waiting. This time we played some iPod karaoke to pass the time.

On the way into Dublin I fell asleep and dreamed with my mouth wide open. I told Steph I don't usually look that terrible when I sleep, I was just trying to entertain her...

We circled several attractions and things we wanted to see today on the Dublin map, but unfortunately we got to none of them because they were all closed by the time we made it there. As always though, we found something to do. We walked around for a while, which was lovely because my feet DON'T HURT anymore! My new shoes are amazing.

We saw one of those people who act like statues. It was one of the better ones we've seen here. The kid who stops to check it out in this video cracks me up.

As in every big city, there is an H&M here. We hit it up and I got two new sweaters for 17 Euro. I am SO thrilled because I really don't have many clothes here at all. It will be nice to wear something to school next week other than the 5 outfits I brought.

We ate at a little hole in the wall Italian restaurant called "Steps of Rome." I had pizza and Steph had lasagna. It was really good and not too expensive (hard to come by).

There is a beautiful little park by the St. Stephen's Green shopping centre. We decided to check it out and it was a great idea on our part. It was absolutely beautiful. It's RIGHT in the middle of Dublin, right off of one of the two busiest streets, but when we walked into it, it felt like nothing was around. It was so closed off, quiet, and calm. It was beautiful.

We were very tired by this time, so we headed to the bus station. There was a cricket game going on nearby at Trinity College. The way they pitch is so neat.. the pitcher is on the right side of the video.

On the way home we saw Marvin Windows & Doors signs which is the window/door provider for the company my dad works at. The picture is bad, but we tried.

When we got back to my house we watched Britain's Got Talent with my host family and had some chicken curry. Now we're vegging out on the computer by Skyping, blogging, and planning a possible trip to Venice (fingers crossed)!