Sunday, July 12, 2009

Ireland take 2!

So after a couple days of driving and seeing lame castles like Ross castle, the thought of yet another one seemed pretty boring. (ya when would you think a castle would be boring)? but lo and behold.. we showed up to St Patricks Castle and it was freakin awesome. THIS is what I imagined Ireland like. The pics don't do it justice.. but the first picture is the graveyard in the back..with an awesome view of fields... 
Massive insides. St Patrick walked here...good ol st patty
next thing i knew... Sarah was sacrificing me. Creepy to think people actually were sacrificed here. 

this picture is to try and show how tall the building was. Seriously, I was fascinated!
a classy picture outside of a cafe, which by the way is one of my favorite things to do. It was a perfect day in Ireland and no rain!! 

Here's a few facts I discovered and found unusual in Irish Land:

Driving on the opposite side of the road can be super freaky, especially when the roads are narrow and you are driving right on the edge of a cliff...

Toliets flush in the opposite direction.. and Ireland can't seem to pick a style of toliet

all sink faucets have a faucet for hot, and one for cold. You push it and race until the water stops. Showers are exciting because the button lasts total of 30 seconds. 

Pubs are probably the funnest thing i have done. It is good, clean fun minus the drinking! This was discovered as me and my friend entered one and watching the drunks sway to the song "american pie" . Haven't had that much fun in quite some time. 

Apparently Convent Hostels like to wake you up with awesome European Techno music. It would def pass as runway music. Beware... if you ask if it is Irish music, you will be glared at and told it is just "on the radio"

The food here is extremely expensive, very small portions, and flavorless. But the cookies here and Digestive cookies rock my world!

The Irish make their money off of tourists.. their government is really crappy. Goes to show why they love foreigners. They are awesome people though. 

Ireland is in a horrible recession. 

And no one ever warned me that Irish men were so good lookin! and the "red hair" Irish stereo type is not true. I saw a total of 3 read heads.. one including my self.

The Irish doors are all different, bright and unique. We started a door collection. 

That is all for now!!! Thanks for reading friends!!


1 comment:

  1. So cool Mandie! That picture of you posing by the tall building made me laugh- a classic Mandie pose. Love you- keep having fun! :)

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