Highlights from Dublin

We arrived, unbeknownst to us, on the eve of a bank holiday, and people were out partying full force. Our first interaction was with a man holding a sign advertising lap dances who nodded to us and said "Welcome to Dublin." If this wasn't welcome enough, we were offered shots of Smirnoff Gold by the guy who checked us into our hostel. When he couldn't find cups he just handed us two giant cans, one ale, the other cider. After we set our bags down, and went back down to the reception area, he had the shots ready for us. Welcome to Dublin indeed!

We spent the next few days roaming around and checking out some of the sights of the city. Here are just a couple of highlights:

Visited the Old Jameson Distillery. The most exciting part of it (other than the drink at the end) was that one of my creative writing professors just happened to be on the same tour as us!

Checking out literary sights - James Joyce statue, James Joyce Centre, W.B. Yeats Exhibition, National Library of Ireland. I was in super-dorky literary heaven! I wanted to stay in the Yeats exhibition forever, wrapped up in the sounds and images of his poetry. But I had to travel onward to more adventures!