guinness time

so even though i don't really do much here, it's hard to find time to blog (for some odd reason). which explains why it's been about 2 weeks. anyway, last weekend a few of us went to dublin to see the sights. it was pretty cool to be there, although i'm glad that galway is a little smaller and definitely more manageable than dublin.
once we got there, some of our friends at trinity gave us a tour and it was such a gorgeous campus. we saw the book of kells and the church and everything on the campus was just soo pretty! after that, we walked around on grafton street for a little bit and went to st. stephen's park, and were lucky enough to have gorgeous weather - it was sunny the whole weekend and about 65 degrees. after a picnic in the park, we walked (30 mins!) to the guinness storehouse - dedication right there.
the storehouse was sooo cool! it was pretty much just a museum, but with our 11 euro ticket charge we got a voucher for a guinness in the gravity bar at the very top of the museum, where we could see all of dublin which was awesomeee!
so that's pretty much it about dublin...the past few weeks have been pretty busy for me just with trying to figure out classes and get involved in campus stuff. i joined the photography society and the food and drink society (obviously), and am planning on volunteering once a week at a school helping kids with homework. i also want to join the mountaineering club so that i can get out and see more of ireland, but i need to get hiking boots first =/. the best club though is the surf club, which i joined with mollie, charlotte, julianna and a few of our other friends. the weekend of october 3 we are going on our first trip to achill island, which i am SOOOO excited for! everyone who has gone in the past says its so much fun and so beautiful, and maybe i will actually gain some surfing skills.

ok well that's it for now, feel free to leave me some comments =)