school tomorrow...

it's been a hectic weekend. ups, downs, ins, outs, with barely any down time. i am tired. i am very tired. and i really don't like having to walk fifteen minutes across campus to starbucks in order to access wifi. shoot son. this is really knocking me out of an extreme routine. which is probably good, actually...checking facebook, twitter, flickr, my mail, etc five-thousand times a day is not necessary, nor is it healthy. i can deal with being a bit disconnected. a BIT.

yesterday, we spent the day in a bus touring the countryside surrounding dublin. county wicklow is known as the garden county and for a reason--it is beautiful! however, i don't remember being this tired on the coach during my PTP trip. i fell asleep every time we got back on the bus. we checked out powerscourt estate, glendulough monastery, and avondale house. powerscourt has the most beautiful gardens in the county, according to aine our tourguide. glendulough monastery is the very first monestery ever started, founded in 462 by Saint Kevin. avondale house is the home of charles stewart parnell, the irish's biggest hero.


today, we wandered around dublin and stumbled upon the street performers world championships. it was insane! jugglers, breakdancers, magicians, and people people people from all over the world came to perform and spectate. there were so many people about!

the last few days have been beautiful and sunny, blue skied and breezy. pretty much perfect, if you ask me. ireland hasn't seen a summer so spectacular in ages, so i'm glad to be able to take part in it.

and tomorrow, classes begin. it's gotten late and they're kicking me out of starbucks, so i'll update more tomorrow.

xxx

dublin!

wicklow!