Friday, July 1, 2011
Wating and waiting and waiting for Godot...
If anyone ever recommends to you that you should go to a play called Waiting for Godot, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO. This was probably the most boring piece of entertainment I have ever seen in my entire life, and I have seen A LOT of boring movies and read A LOT of boring books. That was last night at 8, and it didn't end until 10:30, so after that a lot of us were desperate to do something that we would actually enjoy, so we ended up watching Bridesmaids :) Once that was over, it was around 1:30 am, and, naturally, I wasn't tired in the least, so I wrote a movie review of In the Name of the Father (which is actually a great movie with Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson). Today, I woke up a tiny bit late for class, but I was actually kind of gratefiul because class is SO boring and pretty much a waste of time anyway. So I went late, and no one really noticed, and after class we all went to the Jameson distillery!! it was so cool. I can't decide which I liked better, Jameson of Guiness, because at the end of both you get a free drink (at the end of Jameson I had a Jameson and cranberry juice, DELICIOUS!). I also got to be one of 6 people in my group to be a taste tester at the end, and I got to try Jameson, some brand of Scotch, and Jack Daniels next to each other and see which ones were the best (definitely Jameson). After that we went to St. Michan's church, one of the oldest churches in Dublin. but what is really interesting about this church is what was underneath it. On either side of a tunnel lined with limestone and mortar are long narrow galleries filled with coffins. All but one of these are still active, meaning if someone died and was related to a family who owned one of these tombs, they could potentially be placed in there. The last time a person was placed in these tombs was 17 years ago. In one of the galleries, we were actually able to see 3 real life mummies! I was shocked when our tour guide told us that we could - and were supposed to - shake hands with one! We all went into the gallery and grabbed hands with one real life mummy, just reached out and gripped the bones. It was really creepy. Unfortunately, pictures were not allowed, but a couple of people took some while the guide was not looking, so those will be up soon. I can't believe I only have 9 days left here. I know that I will come back here at some time in my life, and I hope it's really really soon.
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