We've been able to see a bit of Ireland in the short time that we've been here. On Friday, Aunt Eileen and Colm took us to Powerscourt, where there are beautiful waterfalls. It was like being in a storybook, and Liz put it best when she said that she felt like we were getting to The Valley in The Land Before Time. We also went to Glendalough, which was also beautiful. We met a man from Bally James Duff who has a sister who lives on 49th Street in Astoria - small world. On Friday night, Liz and I tried our first Irish Guinness.
Saturday was our day in Dublin. We took a tour bus around the city and then actually spent most of the day in the Guinness factory (which sounds a lot worse than it is, I promise). Today we headed into Dublin to watch the final match of Gaelic football, between Cork and Kerry ("mortal enemies," according to a man we met on a bus). Much to Colm's dismay, Kerry won.
Liz and I are parting ways tomorrow - she'll head off to LSE and I'll stay with my friend Nina until I find a place of my own. For now, I'll take in all of the English that I can!
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Dear Kaitlyn,
We're so glad you made it safe and sound to Ireland and had a great time.It's good to be able to keep in touch with you although I'm not so good at it(ask your mom)! Anyway, have a safe trip to France and good luck in your search for an apartment. Keep on blogging!
Love,The Bartolomeis
You better have had a Guinness IN the Guinness factory!
hey kate! everything sounds amazing so far! i hope you and liz had a great time with aunt ei...and i hope you're ready for france! i miss you so much and i love you even more! i like this blog btw
love you!!
Hey Kaytlin!
Nice to see you've joined the blogosphere. It certainly is the best way to keep in touch with people back home and saves a looooot of time in writing e-mails! It's the thing to do for the teacher of foreign languages abroad ;).
I'm glad everything is going well, we'll follow your adventures with interest.
Beso,
L.
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