Day 37-Ireland, Dublin

I've now been to five countries in less than two weeks...and am sporting a bright green stamp in my passport! I'll tell more about Ireland in a bit, but first more of London.

So, pretty much London's legit. As I walked through the British museum and saw mummies, held a 1,700 year old purse cover and reliquary panel, enjoyed the original pediment sculpture from the Parthenon, and left my mark where only a select few could find it, I couldn't help but be amazed. I'm so glad I get to come back.

After the museum, two other girls and myself decided to try and find the British library. After numerous misguided turns and asking three different people (in English!!) for directions, we gave up our mission and returned home so I could catch my flight to Ireland!

In the airport, I got my first pat down...it was great. Oh, and very thorough. Our flight was pretty short, only about an hour, and the first thing I saw when we broke through the really fluffy clouds in the rainy weather was green. Everywhere :D

As soon as we stepped off the plane, I knew my "light rain jacket" and Chaco's were not going to cut it. This thought continuously ran through my head as the rain poured down and soaked through my jacket while we waited for our bus. Once we boarded, we asked the driver to give us a heads up about O'Connell St., and sat down with hope we'd get off at the right stop (since it was raining, the bus windows were super foggy and we couldn't see anything).

After a long while, we kindly reminded the driver we were on board, to which he told us we needed to get off and retrace our steps three stops back. With the rain pouring down, the three of us ran with our little rolling suitcases to another bus stop that looked promising. Waiting there for another extended period of time, we began to loose hope in the bus and after consulting two locals, decided to take a cab. For the time, I flagged down a cab and we gratefully piled in :) The two locals came with us and recommended a bunch of things to do when learning we were from the States (most of them included the best pubs). It was pretty fun and I appreciated their generosity and helpfulness :)

Our hostel owner was also extremely helpful, showing us the best places and offering to help us with anything we needed (he even offered to make us hot chocolate). Our first excursion into the city was to find warm food, which came in the form of amazing pizza :) We were so tired though, that that was our last stop of the night before we headed back home.

Can't wait for upcoming adventures in Ireland!