Smatterings.

Hike to Howth

You can barely see it, but that rock mound had a diving board. That water is freezing 365 days of the year.

 Greystones has an adorable shop called Aunt Millie's Sweet Shop. I've learned that I LOVE bonbons.

We had a huge treat on Wednesday: going to Dublin to see the musical Once. It's a movie; you should watch it. I'd never seen it before, but the music was the kind of quality that I got chills all over constantly throughout the show. The musicians were incredible. We went as a "polygadate". If you know anything about Taylor, you probably know about pick-a-dates. Well, since we have way more girls than guys, it was 2 or three girls to 1 guy. I didn't hear any of them complaining.

The theatre was stunning, though this doesn't do it justice. When we got back to the YWCA the cooks had prepared a beautiful candlelit dinner for us complete with flowers on the tables, crooner music, key lime pie, and famous Bewley's coffee. It was a lovely time.

I had to include this random shot of a pub I saw in Dublin.

The past two weeks have been very different as they have involved very little sight-seeing and instead we read two textbooks and had two exams. It hasn't been a blast, but it's amazing the amount of information you can take in about a subject in a week, that's for sure! This weekend we will be taking a 3 day trip again, and I'm really excited! The following weekend my friend Kayleigh and I are traveling to London! If you have some suggestions of what we should see or do while we are there if you've been, please share!

Still no news about a family or about the grant yet! Waiting in great anticipation :)

Love to you all!