A little late...

Well, the last time I updated was Christmas Eve, and as you can imagine, much has happened since then!

My Christmas was nice, spent with friends. It was weird to be away from home, but at least I was with other people who were in the same boat.

I have been going out a lot [surprise, surprise!], went to a gig at Whelan's, been pub/club hopping, etc.

Jess and Holly left for their EuroTrip on the 28th. It's weird with them not being here! But I'm okay, since I have new friends. :)

On Jess' last night we [there were about six of us] went to her favourite club, Craw Daddy. We met a few guys and one of their girlfriends. All three of the guys are correctional officers! So obviously we exchanged some stories, and they work at Mount Joy, which apparently is one of, if not the, worst prison in Ireland. So they told me they would take me one day. I hope so, because it'd be cool to compare Canadian and Irish prisons. But from what they told me it sounds like Canada's are wayyyy better. No comparison, really.
Anyway, after the club we all went back to their flat. Oh God, it was so funny! Those guys + Grace [one of their girlfriends] are hilarious. I've hung out with them a few times since. :)

On the 30th, David and I hung out. He drove us to Sandymount [or something...] to see some of the coast [along the Irish sea]. It was a typical windy, foggy Irish day... but at least it wasn't raining! I have some photos on facebook.

New Year's Eve was fun. I met up with a Canadian girl, Heather, I met at work. Then we went to my flatmate's, Renata, friend's place for a late dinner and drinks. There were a few people and we rang in the Spanish new year there [they're one hour ahead in Spain]. In Spain, it's tradition to eat 12 grapes once the clock strikes midnight... so they had 12 grapes for each person there! It was cute!
Then we went to a pub called The Church. It really does look like a church, but I don't think it ever really was one. I doubt it because Ireland is so friggin Catholic that I'd doubt they'd ever let a church become a pub... but who knows! So we were having fun there, but around 1:30am we decided we wanted to go somewhere else. So went to Flannery's which is right across the street from Whelan's. :P
After Flannery's no one wanted to go home, so we went to a house party. I didn't go to bed till after 7am! hahah. Needless to say, not much was accomplished on January 1st...

Friday night I was just going to stay home, but Pedro convinced me to go out. We went to a pub where they play Irish music and there's no cover charge. It was pretty good! We stayed there for awhile, but then we went to another pub... I think it was called Grogan's. As you can see, there's no shortage of pubs here! hahah. Then they wanted to go another pub, but I was so tired because I had worked all day and I was still recovering from NYE... so I left early!

Saturday night was my flatmate's, Junior, leaving party. He's going back to Brasil forever..! So his party was at The Church. It was so much fun. I met a lot of Junior's friends, and they're hilarious. So we exchanged info and will be hanging out even though Junior will be gone. I said "eh?" once to them and they absolutely loved it. hahah.

Last night I just hung out with the flatmates and watched The Usual Suspects. I love that movie!

Tonight, we'll be hanging out here till Renata is back from work then we'll be going to a pub called the Brazen Head. It's about a 1 minute walk from my place and is apparently the oldest pub in Dublin. So we have to check it out!

I'm anxious to get a steady job so I can start travelling more. I'd really like to see Galway and a lot more of Ireland. I'd also really like to check out Scotland... just short day/weekend trips would suffice. So here's hoping I get a steady job soon!

Cheers!