Blogs from Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 114

What a great weekend. Started with Keryn turning up on Friday night. A few wines and a hair cut at the hostel. Saturday bought the beautiful Kevie back home to me. Off to Osheas with Kev, Keryn, Princess Fiona and Paddywagon driver Mark (now - I refuse to coment on him, I have promised to leave this up to Keryn... Feckin Wanker. Opps... Sorry, couldnt help but get that in) O'sheas greeted us with many Bulmers and Guiness, in typical Irish form we are sitting there at closing - yes, 11pm closing. So off to the Arlington for a bit of a groove. Off Kev, Keryn, Fiona and I go, leaving maaark to go home to bed! Anyhoo- Great night on the dance floor, stumbling past burger king on the way home and then crawling into ... read more

So to Dublin and the International Rules Series where of course Australia kicked ass! After the first game of the series in Galway was won by the Irish, I think we were all expecting something a little bit closer but we absolutely dominated in the second half. For those who dont know exactly what International Rules entails, its a mix between gaelic football and afl. It has a net like in soccer and posts like afl. 1 point for a behind like afl, 3 points for over the net but between the middle points and 6 points for a goal. There were about 3 brawls in the first minute which was annoying in a way but entertaining. It was a bit of a shame that it wasnt a closer match as in the second half the ... read more

Geo: 53.3393, -6.2454Saw all the mates at wedding party of Dr U.O'Halloran and Mr. S. Hughes... Jesus Dublin is dear.... read more

As I write, I’m lying on the third floor of the Marlborough Hostel in downtown Dublin. I don’t see any cockroaches or mice droppings on the floor so I’m good so far. The prices are definitely not what I expected for a joint of this caliber. Tonight we are staying in a private room with two sets of bunk beds and one single twin. Billie and Matt took the bottom bunk on one set and Robert and I will flip for the bottom bunk on the other set. There is a bathroom just down the hall and only two other rooms on our floor. We had to each pay €20 a night for this room and since tomorrow is Friday, we have to each pay €25. When you add that all up, we are paying a ... read more

Wow. That's all I can say. Yesterday we had all our orientation for the Quinn school, and I am walking on air right now. When I came, I was hoping that i'd have decent classes at least, and maybe if I was lucky have monday or friday off to facilitate my travelling desires. It turns out that I have all of my first choice classes because they gave all the American students priority. The classes are- Globalisation Business Law Entrepreneurial Management and International Business I'm incredibly excited because every single one of those classes I really wanted to take. Although class periods are 3 hours apiece, which might turn out to be a bit draining, i've got the most amazing schedule. I have NO class monday OR friday. The luck i've got is just completely flabbergasting, ... read more