Danielle and Rob in Ireland!

On March 13th Danielle and Rob arrived in Dublin to visit me! I met them at the from doors of DCU and led them to my apartment where I showed off my bedroom and kitchen. After having some coffee and tea, I brought them to the City Center where we ate a bit of breakfast before I sent them on a small day tour of Malahide Castle and the coastline! By the time they were done with the tour, I was just finishing class and met them downtown for lunch! I took them to Molloys where they discovered the wonders of goujons! Goujons are delicious chicken! Afterwards we came back to DCU and they met my roommates and we had dinner. Everyone was pretty exhausted so we went to bed early! The next day I had class again, so they went on their way to the Dublin Castle and the Jameson Distillery. I met them downtown after my class and we had some dinner and walked around the city to get to an event called The Irish House Party. At the event, which was in a downstairs bar, we were given a 2 foot tray of finger food! The point of the Irish House Party is to give people a real taste of Ireland. We learned Irish songs and a great Irish band was our host. We learned that there are only 3 instruments that originated in Ireland: the harp, the bodhran (a handheld drum), and the Uilleann pipes which are like bag pipes but played with your elbow. It was very fun to see the uilleann pipes being played for us! altogether I think it was a great night and we all had a lot of fun! Over the next few days we went shopping and took a day trip to Newgrange! We also went to the Guinness storehouse and Dublina, which is an interactive museum that shows Dublins history way back to the time of the vikings! The Guinness factory was a lot of fun! there were 7 floors and almost every floor was giving samples of Guinness. Danielle and I are not big fans of the taste, so it was just Rob drinking the samples! However, we did all try the first sample together! We saw a lot of funny signs and even the first Guinness advertisement which boasts how it is healthy! At the end of, when we all got to the top floor we all got a free pint of guinness and the bartender drew a shamrock in the top of my foam with the guinness! I thought it was really cool and nobody else got one but me! The Gravity Bar on the top floor is a complete circle with all glass walls so that you can see the whole city! The view from up so high was absolutely magnificent! I definitely had a great time at the storehouse with Danielle and Rob. Monday was St Patrick's Day which was when Matt arrived so I went to the airport to get Matt while Danielle and Rob went to the City Center to scope out a good spot to stand for the parade!By the Time Matt and I got to O'Connell St everything was insane! People were climbing light posts and statues and anything just to get a good view! I will definitely include pictures it in my next post! We had a nice night on St. Pattys day and the next morning Matt slept in while Danielle, Rob & I went shopping one last time! Danielle got a really nice green coat because she liked mine so much! Sadly by 11o'clock we said goodbye at the bus stop in the city center because we could not find a bus that i could get on with them! Needless to say though, I had a lot of fun with them here and hope that they liked my new home just as much as I do!!

If anyone else would like to come visit, please do!! I promise you'll love it!