Since Brian just put up a bunch of pictures (believe it or not those 68 are only a VERY small portion of the total), I figured that I would tell you a little about what we've been up to. St. Patrick's Day in Ireland wasn't a disappointment at all (as so many of our Irish friends had told us it would be). It was a gorgeous day and we started out by watching bits of the parade on our way to Croke Park (well, we really just saw the tops of floats and hot air balloons because there were too many people standing in front of us). We watched a great Gaelic football and hurling match at Croke Park with our friends Emma and Niamh, now we finally understand the basic rules of the game- well, Brian more than myself. We met up with some of my other friends from work for some good music, good dancing, and good Guinness.
Next, it was a great 10 day visit from my parents and aunt from Switzerland. Luckily, the Irish education system gives me two weeks off for Easter, so I was able to take a trip to Galway and Killarney with them. We did the standard touring around the cities, Cliffs of Moher, Ring of Kerry tour, in addition to me getting my parents to listen to some good music and drink at the pubs. Brian and I toured Dublin with them, and even saw things here we hadn't yet seen (finally got Brian to the art museum here- haha). We also went to Howth- a small fishing town not too far from the city with pretty views. The principal of my school organized a night out a at a pub (the usual venue for meetings in Ireland) so that all my friends at work could meet my parents.
After that, Brian and I were off to the Dingle Peninsula for the weekend. It was a our first time renting a car in Ireland, and luckily Brian did better with the driving than Tim and Tom. (That's why I didn't try my luck at driving. There probably would have been more than a sideview mirror off after I was behind the wheel!). Dingle was gorgeous depite the terrible weather, and we enjoyed being in a part of Ireland that still has a lot of Irish spoken. We even stayed at a converted farmhouse hostel, which was a lot of fun- hence the picture of Brian with a cat at the hostel.
Other than that- the other random pictures include my birthday, where we had a few friends over and a fun night out; and there's one of some flowers from my birthday (Brian must feel the need to prove his romantic ability through the blog pictures).
As Brian said, we're flooded with visitors the next few weeks. After Tim and Tom leave we'll have Julie and Renessa in to visit the next day. We'll have lots of pictures and blog posts coming soon- we promise!!
Hope you're all enjoying Spring in the US!
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