Leixlip House
Captain's Hill Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland
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Travel and Day 1
... some live irish music and enjoyed the scene. We had to leave the rest of the group b/c my roommate found out the hard way that some pubs dont let you in if you are wearing sweatpants. Jake enjoyed a Bud Ice Cold (Bud but in Europe) which was 5.50 Euros....more than a guinness. All in all it was well worth it b/c The Temple Bar was eventually too packed for the group to meet up with us and Jake, Ryan, and myself had a good time before heading back to campus.
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Back in Dublin for the last time
... ready to move on, so we paid our tab and headed back to the car. It turned out that Amber had been chatting on Facebook with one of the guys they had met their first night out in Dublin, and wanted to go meet them back at Whelan’s. They had worked out all the details on how they could get back to the hotel in Ashbourne, over 20km away, if we went on back to the hotel. The plan was to take a taxi. Their friend told them that it should only be about €30, and that the ...
Wearing o' the grin
... turned on an open mike for audience talent, and Nelly (probably 24 and clearly stuffed with booze) took the mike to do Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds". She quite simply brought the house down. I don't have a TV anymore, but I would watch a variety show starring the legendary "Nelvis". She was simply amazing, entertaining, and throughly confident of ther ability to entertain. It was, in Scrabble parlance, a Double Word Score!
The show wrapped up and we ...
Ireland!
... are a LOT of talented people here and every single act was great! One of the hosts of the show looks like a young Tom Cruise, so to start off the show he did the Risky Business dance in his underwear. There was a variety of other acts including a girl who sang an amazing song she wrote, four guys who sang Afternoon Delight from Anchorman, a girl that told jokes, and a big 'junk band’ including some of the professors playing everything from the violin to ...
The Dublin story so far... 8.11.10- 16.12.10
... a while before eventually getting a boat out. The snow and ice made life a bit difficult for a while, especially before I had boots. Let’s just say that walking around on 2 inches of ice, whilst wearing rubber soled, completely grip free shoes is not amusing. Life got a whole lot better after I cracked and demanded Michael take me to Penney’s to buy some boots. This was after working the 3km home on the verge of tears. I only fell once though. My mood went from ...



