October Pics Are Up!

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We've finally posted all our October pictures(click on the link above)- there's quite a lot of them and they don't even include pictures from Halloween (we'll be going to a Halloween party this weekend, so those pics will come soon!). There were quite a few weekends with nice weather in October, so Brian and I took full advantage by doing things outdoors. In the beginning of the month we went to an International Food Festival where we basically ate all day and enjoyed sitting outside in a huge park a bit ouside of the city center. We even watched a Caribbean cooking demonstration where I volunteered to help make a dish which involved me deep frying balls of dough (I only slightly burned myself in the process). We also went on a hike around Lake Ennell with our friend Gosia's hiking group. It was a gorgeous day and we did a lot of walking - about ten miles-through fields where we got covered in cow poop and forests where we got covered in mud, but overall it was beautiful scenery and well worth a few pairs of muddy shoes!
I ended up going with my friend Eimear to an exhibition opening at the National Museum for a famous Irish fashion designer from the 1960s. I had no idea who this woman, Neilli Mulcahy was prior to going, but I felt pretty important when we got to the museum and there was a big reception with wine, hors d'oeuvres, and some famous Irish journalists and actors in attendance (of course I didn't know who they were, but I was told they were famous!).
This past weekend Brian and I had a wonderful (and very rainy) weekend in Killarney. It was so beautiful there (see pics!) and we made the most of our time there even though it pretty much rained the whole time. On Saturday we rented bikes and rode to Killarney National Park where we bike rode around the lakes, to the Torc Waterfall, and saw the Muckross House. The scenery was unbelievable and we felt pretty good doing the bike ride despite getting drenched! Sunday we took a great bus tour of the Ring of Kerry- again more beautiful scenery. We even saw some of those famous Irish rainbows- unfortunately no pots of gold. We also made our way to many great pubs full of terrific traditional Irish music. We saw why everyone says bank holiday weekends are weekends for partying!
Brian and I are still enjoying our jobs and really like the people we work with. Both of us had some fun nights out with our coworkers this month. The only difference is that Brian, working in the business field, gets all his drinks and food paid for by his company when he goes out, while I, the poor teacher, have to pay for my drinks myself! Overall, October treated us well!! Cheers!