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The next night we had to stay in a hostel closer to the city center. It was pretty nice too, but nothing compared to the first night. We were spoiled by that really nice hotel. Anyway, hostels are so cheap and if you can get a private room with some friends, it is very feasible. It makes it nicer to travel when you don’t have to pay much for the transportation or the lodging, that way you can afford food and whatnot. Most of these cities have really expensive restaurants and attractions, so it’s best to save where you can. The first day we walked all around the city, but it rained most of the day. Typical Irish weather, I’m afraid. We got to see Christ Church and the outside of Dublin castle, as well as Zara and H&M…haha. I can’t help it. I love to shop. That night, it stopped raining, so we went out to the Temple Bar area, which is very famous. We ate dinner, fish and chips..yum!, and then we went over to Temple Bar to listen to some live music and mingle a bit. Unfortunately, no one in that bar was Irish except the people that worked there and the band. Oh well. I did meet a German man called Thomas who bought me a drink and told me that my eyes were beautiful and he would like to see them everyday. I thought that was a pretty slick line, so my friends and I talked with him a bit and he was a real crack up.
After that, we went to another bar and got caught up in a group of guys there for a bachelor party. Those guys were really out of control and when we got a picture with them, one of them started licking the side of my face. Strange.
You can see it here. That night, we were walking back to our hostel, and we saw a guy with a rickshaw. He told us that he can get a lot of money from people who look like they’re rich. We asked him how much he would charge us, and he said 2.5E a head. Of course, we couldn’t let that opportunity pass us by, so we rode a rickshaw home. It was hilarious.
The next day, we went back to Dublin Castle for the tour. It was very informative and very cheap. We got to see all of the rooms where the presidents of Ireland have stayed and made negotiations, where British kings have stayed before Ireland got their independence, and the beautiful Irish rugs and Waterford Crystal chandeliers worth 1 million euro each!
We also went to St. Patrick’s Cathedral which had a gorgeous park outside.
After that we went to Grafton street, which had a lot of shops, so I loved it. We saw Elizabeth Hurley there give a short speech about breast cancer awareness, so that was really neat.
I’d say the highlight of the trip was listening to people with Irish accents, even though my Nana has one, it never gets old for me, also eating Irish candy..mmm Cadburys,
and last but not least, when Steph got caught doing an Irish jig in the middle of a tourist shop called Carroll’s. I think everyone got a good laugh out of that one…especially the people who worked there.
