Thursday:
I spent the entire day in the splicing studio working on a showreel for the EA Games Day. I was there until about 7 and then got up friday morning and went into work to get everything on a dvd and ready for the presentation.
Friday:
After our presentation went REALLY well, the EA Games marketing people there (17 of them) and a select few Bauer people got to go gokarting. I got to go! I've never done it before but it was SO much fun! I got slammed into a few times, no big deal just spun in a few circles and got back into the race. I ended up 10th out of 22, and the top 10 went to the final race. I got 8th in the final race, so 8th over all.. not too shabby for a first timer. It made me miss driving though!
After the EA Games part of the day was over, we all went straight to a pub. We skipped dinner - no one really needs to eat and Bauer people made sure my drink stayed full, so much so that my body was HATING me the next morning when I woke up at 4am to pack and get ready to get on a bus to go to the airport for Dublin.
Saturday:
As previously stated - 4am came WAY too early. I ended up packing my toothpaste and two of Kaylin's and a body spray that is much larger than 3 oz.. I think I was still a bit drunk when I woke up.. haha oops! Thanks to Bauer of course!
We got to Dublin at 1030ish and got on a bus to our hostel. We dropped off our bags and headed to get food. We ate at a ridiculous restaurant. First bad sign was that no one else was there, 2nd bad sign was that our server didn't speak english. Halli and Caroline both wanted sandwiches. He wrote 1 sandwich first, then Caroline ordered hers so he says out loud, "okay 1 sandwich plus 1 equals 2". I tried SO hard not to laugh at him the whole time but then I just got incredibly frustrated. It took us 10 solid minutes to order and we were positive that our meals would be completely wrong. Stew got the stew (no pun intended) and it was a MASSIVE bowl of food, he was eating it for about 20 minutes straight and the broth had gone down an inch in the bowl. I got a sandwich with tuna, corn and peppers and it was actually really good.
After that we went to the Jameson distillery and went on a tour. After that we walked around, changed and headed to the Guinness Factory. There were 7 floors to the factory so it obviously took us a while to get through all of them. There were 2 floors completely devoted to advertising campaigns for Guinness - by FAR my favorite floors! One was the famous artist who did the toucan commercials and ads.. I really wish I could remember his name. The other floor was filled with ads from past to present. It was great!
We ate at the restaurant there, I got the guinness stew with steak and mushrooms and mashed potatoes, it was delicious. At the top floor at the end of the tour everyone gets a free pint - I just got soda since I hate beer, I tried the Guinness, but I can't drink a full pint of it. The 7th floor was all glass and had a view of the entire city, it was great.
Later that night we went to Temple Bar area. At our hostel in my and Kaylin's room we met this funny little man who had lived in Dublin for 27 years but not anymore and was itching to go out with someone, so I invited him along, especially since he'd just buried his dad in Dublin earlier that day. So we went to a pub and had a drink, chatted for a bit and parted ways. When we walked out we saw some guy get thrown to the ground jokingly by his friend but he landed on the curb in such a way that his shoulder dislocated. When he stood back up his hand was by his knee it was so gross! Then we went to another pub and hung out for a bit but it was really crowded. Next door was live music, so we got a table there and hung out for a while, it was a lot of fun and I LOVED the music.
Sunday:
We got up and ate breakfast at our hostel - cereal for free, then we found the Kilmainham Gaol - the famous jail in Dublin. We took a tour and got slightly creeped out but it was definitely fun. Then we stopped at a pub serving Italian food. Halli and I split a fabulous pizza with chicken and mushrooms.. it was GREAT.
After that we went walking and tried to find a man made beach by the Docklands.. it was supposed to be a really pretty area, but we walked around for a hour and a half and couldn't find it so we gave up. We walked around for a little while more then headed back to the hostel to get our bags and head to the airport.
All in all it was a good weekend, definitely worth the trip. But.... Dublin is not a pretty city and it wasn't what I expected it to be. I definitely had fun, but I wouldn't go back, and I think it's just because I had such high hopes since everyone said it was so awesome, but I guess I was a little let down. It was rainy and really cold on saturday afternoon and night and sunday morning. The rest of the time it was sunny and pretty.
Our flight got delayed about 45 minutes on our way home and we had to take a midnight bus back to central London and didn't get home until after 2am, so I sent my coworkers an email asking for the day off and they gave it to me! So I spent the first part of today in bed, it was great.
We had class tonight and then I made some dinner. Tomorrow is back to work, but only 7 and a half working days until Barcelona!!!!!
I'm SO excited to see my dad and Sean!!!!!!!!!
3 comments:
Looks like you had a great time go-karting - see, work hard and play hard! there is reward for those late nights at the office :)
did you ever get over to Wimbledon to see the greatest mens tennis match EVER??? GO RAFA!!!!!!!
no! I wish - it's hard when you work until 8pm!! that's okay though, this week has been nicer to me.
Jen,
I hope that when you settle down to real life and have kids, that you look back upon this amazing time you are having and think about how you will do the same for them someday. I can't wait so spend hours and hours with you relaxing and listening to the great times you have had when we meet up in Barcelona!!!! We must see the whole city in a very short period of time.
I love you!
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