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Intervarsities
... was some good fun. After that, thought, I had to rush back to the hostel to watch the Fightin' Irish take on the Trojans to complete our undefeated season and win a spot in Miami for the BCS National Championship. I can't believe we're going to the championship!!! Nobody on the volleyball team understood my excitement about American football, especially the French guys who heard the American pronunciation of Notre ...
Weekend trip to Belfast
... dorm with no heating. I lied down on one of the bunk beds and noticed someone had wrote down loads of things on the bed; the top two saying "I dare you to count the pubes" and "Caution: Incoming **** stain" Just charming.
We spent most of the night in a night club where good music once went to die.
There was the opening of the annual Christmas Market outside City Hall that weekend too.
That was beautiful, quite similar ...
Cliffs of Moher, Galway Bay
Opportunity knocks and Starbucks called me. I will try to finish my blog for Dublin area while I have a minute to breathe!
We met our tour bus (O'Coole Tours) early on Sunday morning, off to explore some outlying areas including the Cliffs of Moher and Galway Bay. Awesome tour company took us to their family working farm, where we went on a hike up the Burren (what passes for a mountain around ...
Crossing the Irish Sea
... is the dock where Titanic was built and its offices too so it’s a historic area.
Very conveniently, this hotel had a drop-off point so Matt unloaded the bags and then went next door to park while I went inside. Emma had fallen asleep on the short drive over so unfortunately I had to disturb her and get her out of the car. She didn’t stay asleep once in the stroller.
I checked us in and Matt joined us and we went up to our room ...
The Belfast "Peace Wall"
... which said he was 14, he might have been, but he looked younger. I asked them about the other side of the fence and how things were now between the Protestant side and the Catholic side. The 14 year old responded literally: “It’s bad.” I also asked him, I believe that his name was Ross, what would happen if he went to the other side of the gate. He answered: “I’d be killed.” This answer was pretty powerful. Most 14 year olds are that I grew ...