Before I come back with fifth and final mushy reflection entry, I want to post about our last two days in Dublin while they're still fresh on my jet-lagged memory.
After visiting Locke's distillery on Thursday, we arrived in Dublin sometime in the afternoon and almost immediately went to experience the best of the best of European culture: shopping! For a few hours we wandered around Grafton St., completely awestruck, everyone saying "Oh my god look at this!" at least fourteen times each. I think I was a little too overwhelmed by the the collection of stores that I'd never heard of the size of my hometown, and we decided to call it a day after a couple hours on this expedition. We decided to go get dinner at Spar, hit up the ATM machine and conquer the stores with a better plan and resources the next day.
We started Friday (our last full day in Ireland oh my gosh) on the hop on-hop off bus with a destination of Kilmainham Gaol. I was completely floored by the tour; the history was interesting enough in itself, but to be standing where leaders of the Easter Uprising were executed, to walk in a cell where revolutionary thoughts had been thought, friendships made, and, more recently, movies filmed - I just couldn't believe we got to experience it!
Our last days in Ireland were definitely some of the best! Now, I'm home and sleepy at 4:46pm. I'll be back after a nap (and the five hour energy I found in my suitcase!) to write one more post about the trip. Much sentiment will be involved - don't miss it!
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