March Madness

Where to start?!

on March 14th was Pedro's leaving party. We had about 80 people in our flat, complete with a DJ and everything. our flat isn't exactly huge, so we were all packed in here. It was a lot of fun. Much of that night is a blur, surprise surprise! Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the party...

On the 16th I went to Holly's place. The plan was that I'd sleep over there because she lives closer to the St. Patrick's Day parade route, and it'd just be easier for me to get there that night and avoid the masses the following day. Holly's neighbour, Gigi, was having a birthday party next door. We went there for a bit, but we [logically!] decided that we should hold off from partying since the next day would probably be insane...

We woke up around 10:30 and ate breakfast and had a cocktail.We made our way to city centre to watch the parade, which was supposed to start at noon but actually started around 12:30 or later. We couldn't really see much, but we did get a few glimpses of the parade. To be honest, I'm not sure I'd do the parade again. But it was cool to be there since there were literally thousands of people on the street celebrating my favourite holiday ;)

After the parade, we went to a pub down the road called Doyle's. People weren't too rowdy...yet. Then we saw a group of young guys doing Irish Car Bombs. We knew they must be North American 'cause no one here knows Irish Car Bombs. Then they saw our tshirts and we quickly formed Team Canada. I think three of them were from Saskatchewan and two from Toronto. They're just travelling around Europe, and the two groups met on the plane from Amsterdam [or something...]. So after that pub, we made our way to another pub in Temple Bar called Farrington's. This is where the night started getting messy/foggy. I don't really remember much of what happened after that pub, but what I do know is that Holly and I made our way back to her place to grab a bite to eat [trying to save money where we can!]. Apparently I was very drunk. Finally I sat on a big comfy chair and "power napped" for a good 20 minutes. After a bit, we made our way back to the pubs and some of the Canadian boys. We also met up with Renata somewhere... And Pedro. I think we called it a night around 3:30am. I made it from beginning to end! Needless to say, I had a great time and this will be a hard St. Patrick's Day to beat. If I could, I would celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Ireland every year.

Renata and I are leaving for Norway tomorrow afternoon. We come back to Dublin on Sunday night. We chose Norway because I'm interested in seeing Scandinavia, and the flight to Norway was pretty cheap. So we're excited about our upcoming trip!

I had another interview today at a shop called Bershka. It's owned by the same company as Zara... kinda like Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic. So hopefully I get this job. They're looking for someone to start as early as next week. So I told them about my trip, but that I'm available to start immediately. I saw a stack of other CVs, so who knows how many people they're interviewing for one position... fingers crossed that I get it!

Pedro goes back to Spain on Monday evening. We're all going to miss him. But that's the thing about travelling -- you meet a lot of good people, but people are coming and going. C'est la vie!