2nd Day in Dublin

We had a very relaxing day yesterday, Hanks and I just went to the Dublin Writer's Museum and walked around for a few hours. I knew nothing really about most of the authors there. It was pretty cool to see all of it. Then we went to the Remembrance Pond which was neat. Then we went to the parks in the south of Dublin which are really cool and have swans and all sorts of cool water things and stuff. Our hostel is kind of a dump but there are so many international people staying there it is cool. Our roommates are French so we talked to them for a while. We met a guy from Canada that does a lot of stuff with the environment and he was really interesting. Then we met a girl from Spain who I could actually talk to for a while. Then we met some guys from Brazil and Portugal, and they taught us some Portughese, which is very similar to Spanish as well. Finally we met a group from Holland and talked to them about all sorts of things about Holland and Amsterdam and tons of stuff. They study Journalism and are here doing a piece on Dublin. We ended up going out with them and they taught us a bunch of Dutch phrases. Dutch is a very cool sounding language. We went to a bar on the Temple Bar district and just hung out and talked about American politics and other stuff. Today we went to the National Museum, but I was really tired and museumed out so I didn't last very long. And the Museum of Natural History was closed: Bummer. We walked all the way out to their 97,000 seat stadium to check out the Gaelic Athletic Association, it was really interesting and we learned a lot about Hurling, Gaelic Football, and Handball. We also got to do some interactive stuff and got to try hurling which is similar to lacrosse but with a mallet so the ball is hard to control. We also got to try Gaelic Football which is complicated but the ball is a lot like a soccer ball. There were booths to try out you vertical and your balance and your reaction timing too. We walked back and tried to nap but that didn't work out the best, the French girls were being loud in the room. We are going to a comedy club tonight and then to Cobblestone for some traditional Irish music. Our flight leaves and 7 tomorrow from the airport so I think we have decided to just not sleep and stay up until then. Until next time.