I got up late to a phone call from my internship. I totally start on Monday at half nine! I'm so excited!
Then we went to the Temple Bar area to watch the US World Cup game and found an American to cheers us when we finally tied! After a late lunch at Quays we walked down through Grafton to find this bar we keep hearing about called Copper Jacks. Kelsey, Helen and I went to the Bleeding Horse instead to watch the
England match and had a blast.
On our way to find Cooper Jacks again we met some Irish guys who told us to follow them and we went to a dance club instead. It was fantastic! Glad to not be out all night though.
More later. Loving Dublin!!
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I really didn't do much on Friday, mostly because I hurt my foot. I got a blister a few days ago and it's gotten worse and worse because I haven't been taking care of it. My whole foot swelled up so bad that I couldn't wear my shoes :( It's looking much better now, and I'm happy I wont have to chop off my foot ;)
My flip flopped self, Kayt, Kelsey, Andrea, Carolyn, Kate, Mckenna and Helen all went down to OConnell Street to watch the US vs Slovenia game, but didn't make it out there until about half time. I was completely devastated! We found a bar that catered to Americans where we could eat and drink a bit while we watched the second half. Obviously the game ended up all right, besides the offsides call.
We decided to head up Grafton Street to find a bar we keep hearing about called Copper Jacks and wound up at St. Stephens Green, a beautiful, large park along Grafton. We walked around for a bit and laid in the grass watching people and loving the beauty of the park. We finally got up and then split into two groups: Helen, Kelsey and me in one that were looking for a bar to watch the England-Algeria game and Kayt, Andrea, Carolyn, Mckenna and Kate to head over to Grafton.
Helen, Kels and I walked around and went into some shops, then wound up further down Grafton at a bar called the Bleeding Horse. The bars outside of Temple Bar are much cheaper, with a better selection of drinks and a different group of people. We finally found Irish people!
We watched the game from a balcony/loft area that overlooked the bar (and a great view of the TV). It was obvious that the Irish people at Bleeding Horse did not think highly of Rooney, or any of the other English side. They had all sorts of chants for when Rooney got upset and got into hysterics when Algeria had shots on the English goal.
After the game we met up with another American who was studying in Ireland for the summer and talked with him for a bit while we waited for the other girls to come meet up with us. Our group split again, Kayt, Andrea and Mckenna going to a house party in Maryland, Carolyn going home, and the rest of us staying out.
We went and got Helen, my fellow vegetarian, some food at an American restaurant called Eddie Rockets. On the trip to the restaurant we talked to more Dubliners about Copper Jacks and they told us better bars to go to instead. After our yummy dinner (I ate sweet potato fries and drank a Coors.. just like home) and a great table conversation about football, we went to some different clubs, finally meeting some Dublin boys who were going to a place called the Odeon.
It was a very nice bar, lots of pillars and dark wood. We drank and danced there with our new Dublin friends and headed out about 2. I still have no idea what time bars actually close here because some stay open until 3 while others close at 11:30. Some day we might actually get to Copper Jacks, though it does cost 10E and is probably not worth the money.
