Back to Ireland!

I am truly in love with Ireland. Each time I head back there, I fall more and more in love with the country and people. I had another fabulous weekend with Geraldine, Dave and the girls! We also had another visitor, my friend, Alexa who is studying abroad in Cork for the year! It was great to see a familiar Loyola face and I think both of us enjoyed the "family" time.

Friday night was spent relaxing, coloring (with the girls), watching movies, and catching up on both of our semesters. It was the perfect evening that I have definitely been missing while in Spain. I have never appreciated a language as much as I do now. Every time I hear English it is a breath of fresh air and being able to watch TV is English is much more relaxing then trying to translate the whole time!

Saturday was a bit rainy, but didn't stop Alexa and I from heading into the big city! After enjoying our fair share of brown bread, tea and a traditional Irish breakfast, we were off on the DART. Both Alexa and I have explored most of Dublin, but neither of us had visited the wax museum so we decided to try it out. It ended up being a lot of fun and slightly educational, since it went through the Irish history all in wax! We then headed off to explore the temple bar area, where we popped into The Temple Bar for a quick pint and just took in the fabulous atmosphere of it all. There was an Irish Rugby game going on so the bar was packed, which definitely added to the experience. We finished our day by walking around the gorgeous Trinity College and headed back to Swords. We had another evening of coloring, English TV and bonding with the girls (who stayed up until 9pm!).

Me and Ireland's Tallest Man (in Wax)

The Temple Bar

Sunday morning was the perfect typical Sunday morning, where we lounged around in our pj's until it was time to take Alexa back to the bus station. Sunday afternoon we headed to the golf club for dinner and once again had another relaxing evening! I had an early flight back Monday morning and as always had to fight back tears when saying goodbye! It was just the type of weekend I needed and I can't wait until I get to return, hopefully it won't be too long!

We have exactly six weeks left here in Spain! I can't believe it! I will be playing tour guide this weekend for my mom, brother, and Geraldine and her friend...it will be nice to see more familiar faces and get to explore Madrid a little more!

Hasta Luego!