http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/caitielynn1/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from caitielynn1 en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:05:53 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:05:53 +0000 Perhaps my favorite day of work was today wanna guess why it was my favorite Probably because it was the first time I was cooking in a kitchen since I've been here. Not only that but I was talking to someone who truly cared about food and how it was prepared and presented. I was only there for a few hours before they opened helping Karl who's name is deceiving for being Argentinian with above http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-430410.html Wow. This weekend was crazy. We left our apartments at 630 am and all ten of us loaded into two van taxis to take us to the airport. I don't think I really realized the full quantity of people I was going to be traveling with all weekend till we were waiting in line at the ticket counter to check in. And to think it was originally just to be Laura and I that would be heading off to Europe for the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/Brussels-Capital-Region/Brussels/blog-429294.html So I've been sick for a little over a week now. It started with like a 48 hour flu type thing then I felt better for a couple days then I got one of the worst soar throats of my life and by the time that Theresa and Cassandra got here I could barely talk. I actually lost my voice for the first time in my life. It was mostly annoying and really painful but KINDA cool at the same time . Becaus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-422123.html Cassandra and Theresa got here on Saturday to visit me for a few days before they made their way all the way back to the good 'ol US of A. Both groups were nervous about how well the transition of their arrival would go being that we hadn't actually made contact with each other in weeks so we were both just hoping the other would be there when their flight arrived in Dublin. I made a sign using http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dun-Laoghaire/blog-422109.html This weekend has been amazing. Yesterday Laura Josh Ally and I went to the Aran Islands specifically Dun Aonghasa by bus and then by a very bumpy ferry to see the cliffs there. The weather was terrible and I'm an idiot and didn't want to take up precious backpack room to pack a rain jacket OR real shoes for the weekend so I wore a zipup sweater and flip flops. Sometimes I wonder about my in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Aran-Islands/blog-417900.html Our everlarge group of Americans decided to go to Galway this weekend to explore the city and surrounding western coastline. I am especially glad to be getting out of the city for a few days because although Dublin is a great city sometimes you almost feel like it's an outlier to the rest of Ireland as in not much green lots of foreign tourists and a severe lack of sheep. My friends Josh L http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Galway/Galway/blog-417887.html Today was my first day of work Well it was only a half day... but one of my bosses took me around the city center to show me around to the various Porterhouse owned locations. There's a lot. Two tapas bars one that we went into and I fell in LOVE with. It's extremely cuteromanticcomfortable. The walls are lined with vintage wine bottles behind class and candles that they light at night. Ever http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-415827.html Holy fancy shmancyThis is the link to the celebrity nightclub my new boss told me I'd be doing events and promotional stuff for... suhweethttpwww.lilliesbordello.ie http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-415537.html We had a big BBQ today in the green outside of our apartment complex put on by the EUSA program for all of the Americans. It was entertaining to see what all they included as being American hamburgers and hot dogs chicken nuggets from who knows where lots of ketchup and mustard American Style hamburger sauce Born in the USA played by the DJ and lots of peanuts. It was the first time t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-415150.html I'm settling into bed after my second day in Ireland and I cannot describe how content with life I am at this very moment. Immediately after getting off the plane Monday I was greeted by helpful and friendly people. The living arrangements for the summer are great although thoroughly concentrated by Americans. However of the other American's I've met they all are really nice and I've connected http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-413869.html I am currently sitting in the Philadelphia International Airport people watching and trying not to worry about whether I'll be able to get on the flight to Dublin at 845 tonight. After the taking the redeye flight from Seattle with two screaming and kicking five year old boys behind me I'm a wee bit tired. When we arrived at 630 this morning I ended up finding a quiet corner with one of PHL's http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-413864.html