Been a few days since I've posted anything but it's because I've been so busy playing tourist! I had the day down in Cork with the boys, then came back to Dublin and "worked" on Thursday, and finally Allan flew into town Friday morning to begin our weekend adventures.
We walked around a bit on Friday afternoon, had a drink at a pub in the city center, bought some flowers at the market (which are displayed in wine bottles in my flat since I have no vase), went to TGI Friday's for a laugh and a Long Island Ice tea, walked back to my place and then had dinner at Dillingers in Ranelagh. It was AMAZING. I had swordfish tacos with a sweet potato mash inside. My new favorite dish. Funny since I only just began eating fish about a month ago. Even funnier that I had fish again yesterday, but I'll tell you about that in a few.
After dinner we walked to the Barge (a place Luke showed me in April), stopped at Russells back in Ranelagh on the way home, and then came back to my studio. It's probably worth mentioning that I'm still learning the neighborhood and which streets lead where, so we did detour through a park (over a fence since the gates were locked), but we made it back.
Saturday was a long day, but so much fun. We headed to Guinness to tour the factory and have a pint. I don't care for Guinness, but I'm learning. After the factory we wandered around looking for the Modern Art museum but couldn't find it so we stopped in a restaurant right on the river and I had my first fish and chips. I'm so proud of myself, and actually surprised because I really liked it!
We walked through Cow's Lane market and I bought some lavender for my closet and drooled over the cheeses from the Cheesemaker then we headed into Temple Bar, which is super touristy, but fun. We stopped at the Temple Bar bar and listened to some music for a bit before heading up to Allan's hostel. It's called the Generator and is brand new in Dublin but has locations all over Europe. Very cool place. We played a game of pool (or Allan played and I made a fool of myself) then headed back to my studio where we cooked some dinner and played on YouTube. Allan left and I crashed.
This morning I went to church and now I'm about to head out to meet up with Allan so we can tour the Writers Museum. We were supposed to do a football match but the timing won't work because we've got Rodrigo y Gabriela at Marlay Park tonight. Fun stuff!
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