European Studies
Friday, September 5, 2014: Day 30

Fellow airplane passengers must have been questioning why their plane had to be the one to transport 41 American students to Dublin from London Heathrow at 8:50am.
Finished paper at midnight, slept at 2am, woke up at 4:45am, took a bus to the airport at 5:30am, checked in through the easiest security ever, ate breakfast at Wonder..Eats(?) at the airport, dropped my stuff with friends, wandered into a camera shop where I got to play around with every current Canon camera, including a 5D Mark III (super fat), S120, SX700, SX680, my current camera the purple IXUS 265 HS, a dozen L lenses (which are not as heavy as I expected), other Canon lenses. There were all other major brands there too but it was time to check the 8am-assigned gate and go to the gate for boarding.
Stayed up for take off but slept most the way there.
First stop in Dublin after finding the bus: Guinness Brewery. The bus/tour guide said that was hard, even for the Irish.
We learned about the history of a 9000 year land contract, ingredients, brewing process, what makes Irish Guinness special, its advertising history, the Guinness Book of World Records, famous visitors, and had lunch and wandered around. The center is the world's largest pint-glass, which holds enough to give each Irish citizen more than a pint.
1:30pm: back on the bus to Trinity College. Moing in,lookign at a map for half a minute, and going with people to Christ Church Cathedral and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Wandering around the beautiful insides of St. Patrick's and walking through its park. Going back to prepare for our formal dinner at Dobbin's Wine Bar and Restaurant. YUM. YUM. YUM.
But we were so hilariously tired during dinner. We walked back in drizzle, but it cleared up by the time we got to Trinity College again.
A very good day. ^____^

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