Welcome to Dublin

Alright, here is what I have decided. Giving a detailed day-by-day description isnt going to happen because I just dont have the time or energy. I wrote out a journal for myself during the week, so Ill just give bullet points. <3
Monday.
- Arrived in Dublin, got into our beautiful hotel, met Wade, went site seeing = St. Patrick's Cathedral, St Stephens Green, Trinity College, Dublin Castle, ST ANN'S CHURCH - I was so excited to pass another one of my names, multiple pictures were taken. Its now my new goal to find a St. Therese church, then Ill have completed all my names, how cool.
- Had dinner at a diner, had burgers and fries and milkshakes, delish! Havent had anything like that in ages. (I had a veggie burger)
- Wade was exhausted so we took him home and Katie and I went to a bar with live Irish music and Irish dancers. It was great fun, entertaining, good guinness
Tuesday.
- Wild Wicklow Tour. A bus tour from 9-5 through the countryside outside of Dublin and into Wicklow. It was a blast. The bus driver was a funny guy. I sat up front in the jump seat right near the driver so we became good friends. We talked about how I had been to Ireland before and he announced to the entire bus that we had a dancer along with us and maybe everyone could work on convincing me to do a little dance for them. Of course this didnt happen, but we got a good laugh out of it. John was 66 but he might have had a bit of a crush on me...haha
Had lunch in a little town, potato and leak soup - loved it.
Went back to the Arlington that night for more live music and dancing and fun but went home early to prepare for St. Patty's.
Wednesday.
HAPPY ST. PATRICKS!
We got up early, had breakfast and mimosas and headed out. We went to the parade route (we thought early enough) and tried to get good spots. We climbed up on a statue for a better look. We stayed there till the Parade started and a while into the Parade before we got hungry and headed to get some lunch and go to a pub. We ended up hopping around from pub to pub, meeting people, dancing, drinking guinness and smithwicks, and having a merry good time.
We had dinner, took some power naps, and headed back out that night. Everyone was covered in green, celebrating, and having a great time. We ran into lots of friends.. Katie's friends from London, my friends from Florence, etc. BUt we also made a lot of friends. Great conversations, exploring, more dancing, etc.
We went home late, probably around 2 a.m and fell fast asleep. :)
Thursday.
- Woke up to find the room a complete mess. It was quite funny how messy it was so we took pictures of it. We went down and had breakfast, packed up, and got on a bus to Galway.
- Bus was 4 hours long, a bit painful because we might have been a bit hungover. But we made it.
- Got to Galway, found our hostel, and spent the rest of the day walking/exploring around the city. We saw the Spanish Arch, St. Nicholas Cathedral (went to church there) and walked along the river. We went to a small family run place for dinner and went home early to hang out and rest up.
The rest will come soon, promise. For now its lunch time. Its a beautiful sunny day out and I cant wait to spend the rest of the day outside after lunch! Im in flip flops and a t-shirt, FINALLY!
xoxo