Once we made it to our hostel I caught up with Eric and some of his friends who had also made the trip over. We ate at this amazing qdoba/chipotle-esque burritor place for lunch. And I gotta say for someone who has been craving take out mexican food like crazy, this food was tasted incredible! Sorry there's my food rave haha After a lovely lunch we all went on a 3-hour walking tour of the city. Unfortunately it was pretty yucky weather, threatening to rain all day long. But the tour was great, our tour guide Louise (a Trinity College alumn!) took us to all the big sights. She knew tons of history about each place it was really awesome to hear so many stories about the background of each place. We saw the castle, Trinity College, St. Stephen's Park, some of the big churches, the Liffey River, Temple Bar, etc. When the tour ended we decided to rush over to the Guinness brewery to make the last tour! It was kind of a rush through the museum but I got the gist of it haha Then we headed up to the famous skybar and took in beautiful night views of Dublin and I tried the Guinness. It's not something I probably ever need to have again, but hey I can say I've tried a real one from the factory now! After the tour we headed back to the hostel, and here's the perfect example of how small this world is... So we walk back into the hostel and I hear "Savannah?" and it's a friend of mine from the U on a break from her study abroad as well who is studying in Italy. It was so nice to see Yuliya, we got to chat for awhile, it was great to see another familiar face :) Finally we headed out for dinner at a Pub just down the street, food was delicious! After dinner I headed back and went to bed because the next morning would start very early!
Saturday morning I got up at 6:45 to get ready for our day trip out to Galway and the Cliffs of Moher. We took a 2 and a half hour bus ride over to the west coast of Ireland. Galway is one of the cutest towns I've ever seen. It's full of character and very green! We were lucky enough to get on a smaller tour bus which made it really fun and we got to see a lot during the day. Our tour guide was quite the character himself as well ha he wasn't the most fluent tour guide we've ever had but he did sing in Irish! haha that was an experience! So after a little bus tour of Galway we headed out into the country side. It was honestly like scenes out of PS I love you, the country side is GORGEOUS! We drove along the coast line stopping at a light house and pretty country views over the hills. Just driving and looking around was really wonderful. Finally after many stops we arrived at the Cliffs of Moher. If anyone doesn't know about them, you should definitely google it. They are the most naturally beautiful scenes of Ireland you can imagine. My pictures definitely don't even do it justice! We spent about an hour and a half just hiking up to see the stunning views. It was something I will never forget seeing. Finally we headed back down towards Galway making yet more "photo stops" along the beautiful countryside! It was a very great day of sightseeing with the guys! We finally made it back to Galway and then headed back towards Dublin.
The trip was another jam packed sightseeing weekend! It great to be surrounded by such beautiful scenery! We had a wonderful time :) I'd definitely recommend the countrysides of Ireland. I would definitely love to go back and just hop around B&Bs near the coast line. That would be wonderful, everyone there was so nice! They love their tourists the Irish! Hopefully I brought back some luck too for my "mid-terms" this week!
Oh I also went to the Tower of London this week since we got free tickets through our school program. I won't upload them now because I plan on taking the family there. It's a neat spot, and the crown jewels... took my breath away, not even kidding! Also this week I discovered a new dance studio, and I am in LOVE with it. I have missed dance classes so much! This studio is up in Covent Garden, a perfect location right next to the tube station. The studio is a bit expensive (i mean what isn't though in London haha) but honestly its worth it! I took a hip-hop class with a guy named Xavi the first night, he was incredible! So great to get back into the style I love :) I wished so much that all my dance girls could have been there to bust a move with me, but don't worry hsteps I repped us well haha I loved it so much the first night I went right back the next to a Fusion Funk class with this girl teacher who looked just like a version of lady gaga with short hair! She made up a cool jazzy/robotic/hiphop number to Britney's newest hit. It was sweet, a much easier routine than the night before so that was fun just to jam out and not think just dance! Needless to say, I'm going tomorrow night :) Hip hop baby!
So yes needless to say things are falling more into place. Another busy week ahead of me! Full day of work tomorrow including lunch with my bosses for my birthday!! Tuesday is full of class and work and another plan for theatre class. Wednesday is THE day... BIRTHDAY woo woo! I have no idea what I am going to do for it, I've got a big break during the day, so if anyone has any ideas for me, lemme know! Hopefully it's nice out so I can go walk around Hyde Park or something. Then I think I'm going to do a show that night, since getting my first legal drink here happened like a month and a half ago, I figure I'd do something I can't do at home! Hopefully it'll be a great day, I'm bummed I can't spend it with my U of M crew but it's cool to say my 21st happened in London. Thursday will be work again and school and packing for Spring Break! I can't even believe it! Friday Alex and I are heading off to Salzburg, Austria for the first stop of our spring break :) Should be another crazy week!!!
Hope everyone at home is being safe in the blizzard and nasty weather! Stay inside!!! I miss everyone very much!
Enjoy the pics!
Amazing cathedral in Galway, we went inside and got to see part of the mass, it was lovely
