YEAH for Ireland!

Let be be the first to tell you that Ireland Rocks!! We only spent a short time there but it was great none the less.

We stayed at a hostel called the Abigail right on Temple Bar. For those of you who do not know, Temple Bar is an artsy district with... well... lots of bars. Lets just say when we had to wake up at 4 in the morning to catch a plane to Madrid (It was the only flight that day), we could still hear people outside singing away.

While we were there, we saw the Dublin Castle (it is now underground so that tour was pretty cool), St. Patrick´s Cathedral, the Stiletto in the ghetto (a huge nettle looking tower thingy in the middle of O´Connor St) and perfected our beer pour skills by pour a Guinness from tap (Kim made a clover design in her foam).

The next day was super cool though because we took a tour bus into the Wicklow Mountains. It was really nice to get of the city for a change. The guide was really cool and we learned a lot of Irish History. We saw the beach, the bog lands, hidden lakes, and a 16th century church. It was the only tour that I have ever been on where we stopped on top of a mountain to take a break and take shots... must be a Irish thing.

We also met some kids from Virginia and Germany who were staying in our room. They were pretty cool and we had dinner with them one night. They are doing the same thing that we are this summer, basically being bums.

Ireland is for you if you like or can handle the following...
Beer
Golf
Rain
Late Night Singing
Cool Accents
And more Beer!