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My first entry!
... for so long. I really love how the harp is the symbol of Ireland. Its so delicate but makes a strong impression. Hmm, makes me want a Guinness.
Okay, although I've left out some huge gaps, that just about brings me to the present. WAIT. I forgot about today.
Today was, as they say in Ireland, absolutely GRAND. I got about 4 hours of sleep last night because of my awful dry cough, but I was surprisingly well rested this ... noon... when i woke up. ...
ROMA IS HOME
... was hysterical crying thanks to Chatty Cathy and the other table was hysterical laughing, probably about SJU.
On Saturday, two girls in my sorority, Allie and Libby were in Rome with their roommates Claire and Jen. They are all studying in Madrid, but were in Rome for a few days. So, I met them at theTrevi Fountain then brought them to the Spanish Steps. Thanks to going to seethe Pope the other day I actually knew how to get there on my own. Finally!Once ...
Not Paddywackery
... where I got to know some other festival attendees, learn some songs and backgrounds, and understand traditional singing a bit better. I then went to two presentations: the first about Frank Hart (a well-known traditional singer) and the second about the record company Topic Label, which aids recording folk music. Very interesting. I started to get very sleepy, what with my lack of shut-eye the night before, so I decided to skip the next session (went to ...
Work is the curse of the drinking classes
... so said Oscar Wilde. A fitting quote for a blog that is going to be, fundamentally, about drinking! But also a fitting quote for our next blog entry, which is going to be about literature, and history, and maybe a wee bit of art...
We were only in Dublin 5 days but we crammed an awful lot into them - so we decided to spin our adventures out into 2 blog entries - roughly, one about how we filled our glasses, ...
Visit to Dublin
... be an easy task, but we were totally wrong. We all took seperate paths. Eventually Dugan, Patrick, and I met up and decided it was time to win and beat the peace maze. We had some help from the people up above who already completed it, and I may have been on Dugan's shoulders to solve it, but we did beat the others! It took about an hour and a half! Once we reached the top it felt amazing, the view was breath taking. A maze we ...


