Jour 66- Dublin Visit.. Shenanigans Ensue

After resting for the week, Libby, Jordan, Kelly B and I set sail for the Land of Legends---Ireland. I was very excited for this trip. Not only was I going to be in Ireland, but I was going to meet up with many of my friends from school.

Our flight left at 9:05 a.m. out of Beauvais airport. I hate Beauvais, but sometimes you gotta travel cheaply. We landed in Dublin around 10:15 a.m. After taking the bus to McConnell Square, we walked half a mile up the road and spotted our hostel, The Globetrotter.

It was a quaint looking place, with a brown-brick outside, and when u walked in there was a huge dining room and sitting room with fireplace and fooseball table. It had a very Irish-cottagey feel. We went up to the front desk to check in and the very nice concierge lady informed us that we were in for a wild weekend. Not only was it the weekend before St Patty's Day, but on Saturday there as a huge rugby match between Ireland and Wales. She said that thousands of Welsh people were flying in for the game, and that all of the hostels in Dublin were completely booked. We were very fortunate to have booked the hostel early.

Our hostel room was awesome. We stayed in an 8 bedroom all-female dorm and the bunk beds were comfy with reading lights above. There was a little kitchenette, fireplace, and bathroom. It was cool to have nice accommodations for once. Let's just hope I don't have to listen to the person next to me snore incredibly loud all night... I was determined never to have a London hostel experience like that again!

We set our stuff down and decided to walk down the street our hostel was next to. While walking, I realized that Dublin is extremely inexpensive. There were 2 euro stores everywhere. Like in the States, we have dollar stores...they have 2 euro stores and you can find everything! They also had cheap clothing stores and many souvenir shops with St Patty's Day decorations. As we were walking, we spotted our friends.. Coby, Amir, and Kyle walking towards us. Their hostel was only one block up! We practically ran into their arms when we spotted them. I was especially excited to see Amir.

After hugging and screaming, we went into a couple souvenir shops and tried on hats. I was so tempted to buy this one with yellow, white and green braids...it definitely suited me. It was either that, or this t-shirt that said "nice jugs", but I was going to scratch out the jugs and put "nice Linda's". We proceeded to walk to Temple Bar area and we went into the famous Temple Bar Bar. We all ordered our first Guinesses and took a seat in the famous outdoor Beer Garden. I snapped a couple pics with these Welsch women dressed up in weird Welsch garments. An hour in, Tim arrived and we all hung out until we decided to go back to Tim's.

When we got to Tim's hostel, The Four Courts, he saw an advert for Paul Van Dyk playing at the Tripod center that night. Kelly, Amir, Coby, Kyle, Tim and I decided we had to go. I had heard of PVD's music before, and for only 25 euros we could see him live! We all bought tickets and headed back to the guy's place to wait for the Pi Phi girls to arrive.

Around 7 p.m. they showed up and came running into the room. I was so excited to see Brittany Chavez, Lauren Bowen, and Brittany Larochelle. I could tell that the 11 of us were going to have a blast. They bought tickets to come with us, and we sat around drinking and getting ready before it was time to rage.

During this time I gave Coby a "euro cut". Since we were going to PVD, and were going to be surrounded by many Europeans, we thought it would be best that Coby fix his hair. Tim had a euro cut going on that he picked up while studying in Sweden, so we thought we'd model Coby's after his. I took his Crew gel and went to town. It was a masterpiece. That paired with his low v-neck t-shirt he got in Florence made him look way euro. I was so proud of my art that I euroed Kyle as well. I've decided I am going to work at a salon when I return home. It's my calling.

We took a cab to the Tripod, and boy were we wasted. We had a what I call a "cab party" and all of us were singing to songs and falling all over the place. It was so fun, I have many videos to prove this. Once we got there, we were a bit early and we went inside this nice bar next to the Tripod center for drinks. Lets just say we were nowhere near classy. We were drunk and being so loud in this nice bar where people are sitting and eating. Amir and I decided it would be a good idea to start dancing in the middle of all the tables... what a scene. Afterwards, we went to the Tripod center where they first denied me because they thought I was too drunk. NOO way was I going to be denied into a place where I paid 25 euros to see PVD. We waited 10 mins, played it cool, and then walked right in.

To sum it up... PVD was magical. I have never jumped up and down, sang, yelled, or danced so much in my entire life. The show started at 11 p.m. and Paul didn't even come on until 1 a.m. At first, we all thought the opening DJ was Paul, but when everyone starting screaming later on, we knew the show was just beginning. We stayed at Paul until 3 a.m. just dancing and jumping uncontrollably. It was such a fun night..except for that I lost my credit card in all the moshing. Oh well, it was too fun.

We got dropped off in O'Connell Square and everyone went to McDonald's except for Coby who went to Subway..and was left there. Whoops! I was on a natural high and was ready to keep going all night, but I could tell everyone as exhausted. We all parted ways around 4 a.m., perfect timing because the next day could't come sooner!