Monday, September 24, 2007

Whats been going on- Dublin and back to Paris
















So I am sorry I have been unable to write on here for like a week. Dublin did not like Gmail so I could not answer any of my e-mail or write in here. Dublin other than that was amazing! I went to the writers museum! So cool for me being an english major and loving Jams Joyce and Oscar Wilde both of whom are Irish by birth! Books there were so cheap too! I got the complete works of Oscar Wilde for only 8 euro! 1000 pages of english I will treasure for the next few months I am sure. We also went out to the pub for dinner almost every night I had Bangers and Mash so tasty! Always accompanied dinner with a Guinness or a pint of Ale ( I like Ale better) I really tried to like Guinness but its not for me. The Factory however is really cool with an amazing restraunt, and a Free pint :) Hannah and I also went and saw the book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin. It is the oldest most ornate copy of the four gospels. Very cool. Also at trinity college is one of the oldest libraries I have ever seen it was really interesting.
While at our last and most amazing hostel where the beds were so clean and the breakfasts free and yummy we tried to get our laundry done because they had a laundry service! We were sure this was to good to be true . . . .it was- they do not seperate anything in the laundry service and they wash it all in the same heat . . . least to say things changed color and size! Hannah faired far worse than I though I felt really bad! We also went to St Patricks Cathedral which was very nice too. Hannah left on the 23rd of September and I left this morning at 4 am took a crazy cab ride to the airport because people made me not take a bus saying it was to early in the morning or something . . .my flight thanks to the rugby world cup was an hour late! we sat in the plane in dublin that whole time not fun. When I got to Paris I meet up with Anne my Resident Director of the program we took a cab paid for by API to out . . .HOTEL! I am so happy not to be in a hostel! Glad I did it once but never need to again! The other 5 people in my group are really nice there is only one guy here but there are more meeting us in Grenoble thursday. We went on a river cruise tonight and then out to dinner again all on API it was really nice. We have jsut been asking a lot of questions about out families and french culture we meet our families on thursday night. Tomorrow we go to Versille and get to see everything this time gardens included! Then we get to climb the Eiffle Tower! Yes CLIMB all the way to the 2nd floor! its going to be interesting and fun I am excited to mail things from the post office there! ok well I hope I have caught everyone up! I am still alive, tired a little stressed but on my way to a real house! YAY! love you all!

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