so this weekend brie wayne and I went to Dublin. It was a lot of fun. The first day(friday) we landed in the morning and we went to phoenix park. it is this huge park in the middle of the city. then we went to the guiness storehouse. that was really interesting. they take you through all the steps of making Guinness and different aspects like their advertising through the years. each floor is something different. then when you reach the top they give you a complimentary pint of guiness(awesome at the gravity bar which gives you a 360 view of the city. then we went to see the book of Kells in trinity college. that was pretty cool seeing such an old intricate book of the gospels preserved for so long. after that we went back to the hostel to drop off some stuff that we had. then we went out to dinner at the thunder road cafe. they had music videos going hte whole time and they were all from when we were kids so that was fun. that was a fun day. our hostel was really cool. the room that we were in was a ten person room so there were 6 beds on the bottom then there was a spiral staircase that took you to 4 more beds in a loft kind of area.
On saturday, we took a free three hour walking tour that the hostel provides. it was really interesting. we learned the history of dublin and ireland. our tour guide was only a little bit older than us and really energetic so it made it fun. he took us to dublin castle, christ's church, a walk around where the viking stuff was still there. then to an outdoor food market, then to trinity college, the temple bar area, and st stephens park. after that we walked around the park some, then went back to the hostel. we tried going into christ's church but it was closed for some event(fail). So we decided to go out and eat after that, we went to the porterhouse brewery. that place was really cool, its a three story pub. with cut outs on each floor so that everyone could see and hear the live band that played on the second floor. traditional irish music, it was cool. wayne and i each had one of the hosue beers that they brewed there, mine was made with a hint of oysters, it was a lil gross just cuz it tasted like it was burnt, waynes was alright though, we felt like we had to try one of the house brews cuz you cant get it anywhere else. after that we went back to the hostel and hung out. our flight was at 9am this morning so we had to get up pretty early. it was a fun trip
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Feb 4th
today is my birthday. i went to class in the morning. then Brie and I went out to Camden town. that is always fun. then at night we were gonna go to dinner and the Comedy Store(its an improve show like national comedy theater). as we were leaving we ran into wayne and invited him to come along. we got our tickets then went and ate at st james tavern(which we had discovered the day before) which is my favorite pub. i had steak&ale pie and a pint of guiness. it was sooooo good. then went to comedy club and we sat down with our pints of cider and watched an awesome show. it was so funny. mark you woulda loved it. then afterwards we went to Rendevous and Brie got me cake for my birthday. it was a good day and i was glad that we ran into wayne so i got to hang out with more than just one person even though wayne had no idea it was birthday till we got to the club. i think they were the only two who knew here. its all good. it was good to get happy birthdays from everyone back home. :)
Sunday FEB 1st and monday feb 2nd
so today was just awesome in all. in the morning Brie and I went to celebrate the chinese new year in trafalgar square and china town area. on our way there it was lightly snowing for a little bit but nothing stuck. the whole city was just a festive place. after Lunch We came back home until it was time for the fireworks at 6. The chinese absolutely destroy at fireworks. they were in the middle of Leicester square and it was just glorious. then i dropped brie off at a comedy club she had to go to for a class. on my way back it started to snow a little harder. by teh time i got home it was snowing pretty hard. after 2-3 hours i looked outside and low and behold it was a winter wonderland. Brie burst into my room and 10:30 pm and dragged me outside to go on a walk with her in the snow because she's never really been in it. so we went down by the Thames river and walked to westminster bridge. it was nice and the snow just kept coming. when we got back we saw wayne and saby making a snowman, so of course we joined in along with a guy named derek who came out. this is where the fun really happened.
while we were making our snowman, about 6 neighborhood kids about our age ambushed us with snowballs. we werent gonna have any of that. so we fought back. we easily pushed them back. so we got back to our snowman. then they came back 300 style. that was it, it was on. we had an hour snowball fight. we pushed them all the way back to their territory and took some of their land. this was an all out battle. they tried sneaking behind us to get us surrounded but derek and i destroyed who ever dared try to get behind us. this was soo big, cars had to had to stop because they didnt want to get hit. and we needed the street for battle. so it was 6 on like...6ish..we had me wayne derek and brie plus amanda and 2 other girls. but the girls didnt do to much. in all we won. we shook hands wiht our neighbors at the end. it was a good night for everyone in London. people were all outside being merry with complete strangers.
the next day brie burst into my room telling me that we had a snowday. i was asleep and therefore thought i was dreaming. turns out 7 inches of snow had fallen. the city literally shut down. the buses had been stopped which hasnt happened since the blitz in WWII. all teh tube lines were shut down but one which had major delays. there were no snowplows. it was insane. brie and i just walked around the city to see everything like parliment and westminster abbey covered in snow. this was the most snow since 91. so this was a historic event.
while we were making our snowman, about 6 neighborhood kids about our age ambushed us with snowballs. we werent gonna have any of that. so we fought back. we easily pushed them back. so we got back to our snowman. then they came back 300 style. that was it, it was on. we had an hour snowball fight. we pushed them all the way back to their territory and took some of their land. this was an all out battle. they tried sneaking behind us to get us surrounded but derek and i destroyed who ever dared try to get behind us. this was soo big, cars had to had to stop because they didnt want to get hit. and we needed the street for battle. so it was 6 on like...6ish..we had me wayne derek and brie plus amanda and 2 other girls. but the girls didnt do to much. in all we won. we shook hands wiht our neighbors at the end. it was a good night for everyone in London. people were all outside being merry with complete strangers.
the next day brie burst into my room telling me that we had a snowday. i was asleep and therefore thought i was dreaming. turns out 7 inches of snow had fallen. the city literally shut down. the buses had been stopped which hasnt happened since the blitz in WWII. all teh tube lines were shut down but one which had major delays. there were no snowplows. it was insane. brie and i just walked around the city to see everything like parliment and westminster abbey covered in snow. this was the most snow since 91. so this was a historic event.
Jan 28th.
today my class went to St Paul's cathedral. we got to go inside and got up to the top of it where you could see over all of london. that was cool. I met this kid wayne from maryland. we walked back to the dorm from there whihc is about a 45 minute walk. he's a cool kid. then at night brie and I went to see Phantom of the Opera which was just awesome.
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