Polish Mass, Polish Sweets, Point Break and Octopus Sushi! Yes, I am in Dublin!

Busy few days without a chance to Blog. A lot to catch up on.

Friday I met with Elana and her sister Daniella for a bus tour of Hill of Tara and Newgrange. It was very cool. Very old obviously and full of prehistoric history. Met one of the drivers, Peter, while I was eating my lunch. He gave me suggestions on what to do and what to avoid. Also met some Americans there that were nice. I wound up going on a Literary Pub Crawl with them and then out for more drinks. They were so nice they even paid for a taxi for me to get back to Ibrahims house.

The next day I met with them to see Book of Kells, a really old book with beautiful artwork and lettering. The Long Hall, the library, was very Harry Potter-ish and I think I liked it more than the Book of Kells itself.

That morning, I met up with my new host, Jean-Christophe, who is Italian (I do not think there are any Irish people in Ireland). I am using his laptop now and it has a French keyboard so I have not found the apostrophe key yet so I sound very formal. I am not. Also, letters are in different places, mainly a m w z q and the . and numbers you use shift key. Sorry if things are misspelt.

Saturday we went for pizza- if an Italian tells me it is the best pizza in Ireland, I believe him. We went with his girlfriend and her surfer then to Phoenix Park for a CS BBQ. We got lost in the park for over an hour but once we gave up we found it. Of course. I stayed and the other three left to see a movie. After the BBQ I got a ride with someone but we were seven people to a five person car so two people rode in the trunk! It was funny. After going to someones house for a bit we met with other CSers for the weekly CS drinks at Elegance Bar. It was fun to meet people.

Sunday we went Joanna's Church for Polish Mass. It was interesting and had lots of incense and was in a very old church. We then wandered around town together to parks and shops and for coffee. It was really laid back and nice. On the way back to Jean-Christophe's house Joanna took us to a Polish shop where we got sweets and pretzels. We ate them with wine and sun dried tomatoes while watching Point Break.

Today is a Bank Holiday so much was closed. I slept in, did laundry, went to Tesco and bought cheap food for the day then met up with Jean-Christophe and Joanna and went for sushi. I had octopus! I decided to try something new.

Tomorrow I am in Dublin then the next day I take the bus to Kilkenny for a day. I will be sad to leave Dublin, but good to keep moving.