I will be breaking these posts up from the last few days, as a lot has happened since I last posted. We have been busy little bees! I will have one for only pics. So stay tuned for new posts soon.
Oh what the day in Dublin that we had! Where to begin!?! I guess the beginning would be good.... So we woke up at 7:00am and headed to get some breakfast and to meet a friend at 8:30.
We thought we had a complimentary breakfast, but nope! It didn't look good anyways! Now, the temperature outside... 45 degrees, and only supposed to get up to 50 for the rest of the day. I just love how 2 days ago it was summer(85) weather and now it's practically winter- super windy and frigid. Where the heck did the season of FALL go?!? Oh my San Diego body isn't ready for this quite yet! Brr!
So where did we go, that we knew wouldn't let us down and would warm us up? Starbucks! Oh man, I haven't had a Starbucks hot chocolate in 2 months, and for those who know me...it's mind-blowing that I made it this long without it! I HAVE to have some form of chocolate milk/ hot chocolate wherever I go! Heaven on Earth while I enjoyed the cup of chocolate deliciousness.
While walking across the bridge, we took a pic and put our cups down so we could have free hands. This quite handsome young man walked by and said, " the wind will take your coffee away!"; he repeated it 3 times. Finally we understood him with his accent, and realized we should grab our cups before that tragic event happens. I would probably cry if that happened, no joke. Crisis diverted, thank God!
As we enjoyed our drinks, we walked with our friend all over town, seeing many cool places and shops. We walked through Trinity college of Dublin, which was a beautiful campus! The colors of Fall, the greenery, everything. Just breathtaking!
We went to see the Book of Kells and the Library full of ancient books and famous writings. This was fun and really interesting to learn about.
Then we made our way across the city towards the best part of the day: Guinness Storehouse. From the tour to the free pint of Guinness, joy was all around! 
We also enjoyed a nice meal up at the top too- I had a Guinness marinated Rib-eye steak! Haven't had steak in 2 months either. Delicious! The €20 was worth spending! You only love once, right? Why not enjoy it when you get the chance! :)
We got back from this long day adventure at 4 to rest and relax for a while and go to the Vigil Mass, a few blocks away at 6. This didn't happen as planned because there were issues at the Hostel. I will give few details-our night was spent in frustration and annoyance at the Hostel staff that we were staying at. Without any communication, they booked us out of out room, placed us in 2 seperate rooms, moved our stuff out of the room and in the process, lost or stole 3 of our things- and didn't tell us any of this until we tried getting into our room and couldn't. The blame goes completely to the Hostel. They found my IPhone charger, but I still lost other items. My friend lost 2 of her things as well, that meant a lot to her. What a day. We got a few free things out of this, but still not as good as having our stuff back. I got
An email today ( Monday) and they said they still haven't found the items. So we are guessing the housekeeping stole the things. Horrible. (Good news: we got to Mass at 7:15)
To end the night, we walked around some more and tried finding food but everywhere was full and by the time we got somewhere, it was already 9:45pm. We had to settle with Hard Rock Cafe, as we 3 were about to kill eachother out of hunger and tiredness. We just needed food. It did the job and was pretty good!
Long, long day, but a great one, despite the difficulties. They told is that first day: "every difficulty is an adventure". It has proven to be correct a few too many times in the last day. But still blessed to be on this trip! :)
6am wake up and we are off now to London- taking the "ferry", then a train. A big suprise this morning- it's not a ferry, it's pretty much a CRUISE SHIP! Reminds me of the first cruise ship I went on. Oh the memories that came flooding back... This is a fun adventure and a pleasant suprise after the nightmare we dealt with yesterday. What a nice ride across the Irish seas to Wales!
Pics of Dublin to follow...
London here we come!
Peace and Blessings!
Anne
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