pub crawlin

Saturday we had a lazy morning followed by a dead-end quest for tickets to Riverdance. Seven of us headed to the theater by Grafton Street to see the matinee of the Irish musical/dance show. However, the cheapest tickets were already sold out, so we decided against it. Instead, we bought tickets for Wednesday night, so we'll go then! Mary Marshall and I wandered around for a little, going in and out of a few stores and shops. After some quick dinner and a little rest up, a giant group of us reported to a pub crawl starting by Trinity College. . It was called the Backpacker Pub Crawl, designed so travelers could meet other travelers, a pretty nice deal! For ten Euros, a group of around 40 people were led by two tour guides to four pubs and a night clubs. We started at 8 and the crawl officially went until 12:30 with about an hour at each site. We got free cover and a bunch of drink specials, which was pretty ideal for us broke college kids. We just had so much fun. All the pubs were off the beaten path, so we got to go to a few places we had not been yet, which was really nice to branch out. I don't think I've laughed so hard or enjoyed the company of the people I am with so much as I did last night, it was just so much fun. The nightclub was packed and right in Temple Bar, so that worked out well, and we busted some moves on the dance floor and all that jazz before everyone heading home at around 3 am. I definitely would recommend doing a pub crawl, although I do wish we had done it earlier in our visit to find a few of the other pubs and maybe met some new people. Overall though, probably my favorite night out!

Today we slept in, did some grocery shopping, worked on a little of our stuff for our class project. Then, Mary Marshall and I went with Jena to get her tattoo! I was tempted to tell my mom I was getting one too, but decided against it. Jena got a butterfly/heart symbol on her foot, it was so fun to see it done, although I can't see myself getting one after having it described "a lot of bee stings."

Now, onto a little productive work for class again tonight and getting ready for our final week!