Saturday and Sunday (days 2 and 3)

I have a lot to say since we didn't blog yesterday. On Saturday after we blogged we went into a few shops and four of us got seperated from Molly Kelli and Megan so we went to eat lunch and wander around on our own for a little bit. We went into an Amensty International Cafe which was pretty cool, and saw a lot of awesome sights in the city. Then we made our way to St. Patrick's Cathedral to see the protest, which I thought was just awesome. We talked to some locals who told us a lot about the issue and Irish culture in general. It was weird because of the few people who showed up to the protest that opposed the hunger strike, the majority of them were children, who were no doubt put up to it by their parents. They were throwing out racial slurs and stuff, and we saw one little kid hit a camera man with a stick. It was nuts. The hunger strike is over now so St. patrick's is open. We met up with everyone there and then some of us went to this coffee shop and got something to drink. We found out that there was a little pub underneath where they had music at night so we decided to come back there later for Kanya's birthday. We did, and it wasn't too bad, though it was pretty dead. We did meet one Irish guy though who felt compelled to tell us that he trained a horse who won the kentucky derby, that he dated a girl who was in Wayne's World, that he had met Donnie Osmond, and that he knew Bono's private number and was calling him. I told him to tell bono that u2 sucks. The second place we went to was more like a dance club. Wait, check that, it was TOTALLY like a dance club. It was absolutely a dance club. It was loud. After that we went home and had a hard time hailing a cab but finally made it back to the IMI. On Sunday I went with Hannah and Katie on a bus tour of the north coast and Malahide castle, which was all really pretty, even though I almost fell asleep on the bus. I think my body is still adjusting to the time change. It was raining all day and really cold and we got thoroughly soaked. after we got back to the IMI and changed into dry clothes, we ordered pizza and all just hung out for a while before i went to bed. molly got a tattoo and it turned out looking really nice. today we're going on a molly malone tour at two, then at night we're going to see a play at the Gaiety theater called year of the hiker with the rest of the CCSA group. It should be interesting. I'm having a good time although the weather has not been great...it's even colder today than yesterday. But i'm dressed to face the elements and ready for the day ahead.