Guinness Girl

So last weekend, the "four sisters" as we have come to call ourselves, traveled to Ireland for a long weekend. We spent two nights in Dublin, and a full day in Galway.

We ran into some difficulties when we arrived at the airport. When we asked the information desk how to get to our hotel, they notified us that the 'hotel' that we booked was actually not a hotel, but a house. The website had told us it was only a 15 minute bus ride from the airport, but we soon found out it was an hour from the airport, and from the closest bus station we would have to walk through the largest forest preserve in all of Ireland in order to reach our final destination. Obviously, we were not going to settle for this, so we stayed at the airport for a few hours trying to find an actual hotel in the city of Dublin where we could get to without being hunted down by leprechauns.

We ended up staying at this cute, cheap little place smack in the center of the busiest street in Dublin. It couldn't have been more perfect. I liked Dublin a lot more than I was expecting to. People we EXTREMELY nice and friendly to us, and the Irish men loved our American dance moves! We had a great time exploring the night life, meeting new people, and of course visiting the Guinness Brewery. Now, I usually hate beer. Literally can't drink one sip. But Guinness I liked. I liked it a lot.

On Saturday we took a 3 hour bus ride from Dublin to Galway, because everyone told us we had to see the Cliffs of Moher. Luckily there was a group of Marquette girls studying in Galway, so they were able to look after our bags while we went on our tour.

Our tour drove through the western countryside of Ireland, and as most people would expect, everything was very green. Even in March! I especially liked all of the stone fences. They are all so old, but I think they give Ireland a lot of character. The Cliffs were massive. I am really glad we took the day trip to see them, because I have never seen anything like it before. It was really windy up there, so the pictures didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but we still got some good ones.

On the stone fences

Super old tomb from the stone age

The Cliffs of Moher

watch out! Many people fall over the edge of the cliffs and die.

Rocky beach. Atlantic Ocean

First time seeing the Atlantic (with the exception of flying over it)

Once again, we had another successful trip. On the way home from Galway we ran into a few difficulties with the airline, but thankfully we made it home safely. These next two weeks I am not traveling anywhere, because all of my course work is due by April 10th. Crazy to think in 9 days my semester will be over with. I can't believe how fast time has flown by and that my time here is almost over. But I am looking forward to my week in Italy. I think it will be the perfect ending to my trip abroad.


<3 Katie