Ireland...Oh Ireland

My roommate, one of our friends, and Myself decided we should rent a car and drive through Ireland, a place i have always dreamed of going. So we booked our flights, packed our bags and left. Our plans were that we wanted an advenure and we would go with the flow. No real itenerary, just a car, three girls, and peanut butter!

This is the perfect time to explain couch surfing. It's a website where people all over the world make profiles in which they either offer up their couch for a night or two, offer to meet for a coffee when you are visiting their hometown, or even offer to even show you around. My roommates and i all have accounts and have actually had people stay with us. It's a great idea especially when you are a poor college student trying to travel te world.

We arrived in Dublin on Friday and walked around the city in which we took a tram and ate lunch at Temple Bar (a popular square where everyone visits) We did get to see Croke park which is popular for Galeic Football (an interesting sport) and we did see Trinity college though i did not take any pictures of it. But the highlight of our day was the Guinness Factory. It is absoulety huge! i dont remember how many acers it is, but it was a lot. It took us 20 minutes of walking around it to actually find the Storehouse. The Storehouse is 6 floors plus the top gravity bar & sky bar where you can see a beautiful view of Dublin and get a complimentary drink. Walking through we learned how Guinness was made. The four major ingrediants being Barley, Hops, Water, and yeast! Yup doesn't it sound delicious.

After the Storehouse expereince we went and met up with a potential couch surfer. His name was Rory and he is called "Dublinguy"becasue he has hosted hundreds of people from all over the world in his home. It turned out that he had 8 people staying with him that night so he offered a place with one of his friends. The cool thing about couch surfing is that it is community orriented. All the couch surfers know each other and usually monthly or weekly get together. So anyways after meeting some cool people from Scotland, Israel, Greece, and Italy we headed off to Anthony's house. When we ot there, there were about 10 people circled around a dinner table waiting for us. 2 girls from Australlia, a girl from Portuagal, two from france, a guy from Brazil, and 3 from Ireland. It was such a neat expereince to eat dnner with so many people from all over the world. This was one of the highlights of my trip. Anyways after dinner we met up with all the couch surfers and went to a fun Pub. The general energy of the pub was really cool. People were having a good time, some even dressed up. We left the next day and rented the car. The first time driving on the LEft side. IT was quite and expereince!!! Here are some pictures of Dublin!