As of right now, I have 35 days left to make benefit glorious nation Ireland. And I think maybe 8 of those days are not already booked. Which means it feels like I'm going home in about a week.
But really, I'm cramming all of the things I want to do but haven't been able to yet into this limited amount of time I have remaining.
Alloweth me to break it downst for thee.
Part I. Ireland, All Out
The arrival of the Madre on May 3rd means the beginning of the tourist blowout, Irish style. A full week of about-towning, a day of brew at Guinness, churches, libraries, castles, museums, shops, pubs. Maybe a day trip or two--Howth (Hoe- thhh... why couldn't they just spell it like that?) and Dun Laoghaire (Done Leery....again, spelling). Then two days in Galway for much of the same, then back to the Dubs for the departure of the Madre.
Part II. The Scottish Reprieve
Depart early morning for Edinburgh, arrive and proceed to destroy by viewing all significant tourist attractions within 12 hours. Sleep. Leave early next morning to go look for Nessie and Hogwarts and other things that don't exist--JUST KIDDING YES THEY DO >:( Make significant scientific and/or magical discovery, catch sheep, return to Edinburgh, celebrate discovery with attractive Scottish folk, sleep. Depart for Dubs.
Part III. In Which I Still Have to Pretend to Care About School
May 18th- take Communications exam, the last obstacle standing between me and my degree. Demolish it.
Part IV. Praha-ha, Czech Me Out
Depart May 21st for Prague. Arrive in style. Take city by storm. Avoid throngs of tourists. View castles, churches, bridges, synagogues, monuments to communism, museums, etc. See ghost. Find American bar. Eat goulash. Depart May 24th.
Part V. The End
Pack, say good-bye, take a billion pictures, have one last hurrah in Temple Bar, steal a few pint glasses, catch a leprechaun, find gold. Return to the States fabulously wealthy and tan. Become that person who went on Study Abroad and now has to start every sentence with "Well when I was living in Europe..."
And now, in the mean time, I will watch Fresh Prince and make memes and write blogs and pretty much anything that doesn't involve doing my homework or applying for a real job.
Ciao! (See, it's started already. Soon I'll be double-kissing everyone on the cheek)
You should definitely start saying "arse" like that episode of friends with Jennifer Coolidge.
ReplyDeleteAlso you are a pretty funny writer, as much as it pains me to admit it out loud. I "LOL"d a couple of times.
Yup, I said it. Deal.
Haha Beth. So true. I was wondering if they double-cheek kissed in Ireland, I didn't notice while there. That's something I definitely miss about Europe! It's awkward hugging people. And I appreciate the part about starting ever sentence as a pretentious bitch! I'm afraid I'll be like this for a while...
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