Howdy Howdy Days 3&4

Heyo, Josh here. (Who else would it be?)

I've had an interesting set of days here. They've either involved lots of relaxation and sleep or lots of stress and lack of sleep. So yesterday (Wednesday) morning, I woke up at about 5:30 and couldn't fall back asleep. So it goes. Did the usual: got dressed, had some breakfast. The norm. I then proceeded to worry about how I have not planned quite a bit of this trip. There's a possibility that I won't stay in Ireland as long as I originally planned, and maybe I will head over to Edinburgh sooner. So after stressing about what I'm going to do, I figured the next best thing would be to take a walk to calm down. So what do I do? I fall asleep for two hours. I had to physically pull myself out of the bed so I could walk over to Trinity College. Needless to say, I got lost.

These are the two main parts of Trinity College that I was actually able to access. They apparently really don't like you being on the campus unless you are: 1. A student at the school, B. A tourist on an official tour that costs too much, or 3. Willing to wait 2 hours in line to see the Book of Kells. None of those were me. So I walked around the campus, only to smell a very delicious smell. Naturally, I followed it, for about 100 feet, when I realized I was just smelli fast food... Curse you America and your sensory nostalgia...

So that was my day yesterday. I didn't really do much else. I did go to he grocery store and bought some blackberries and some delicious yogurt, per Kimmy's suggestion. 

I couldn't sleep very well at all last night. I went to bed around 10 or so, then woke up at about 2:30 in the morning. The bed was uncomfortable, the pillow was too thin, and I missed home. A lot. I still do. So I proceeded to stay up, because I couldn't fall back asleep. 

But now, at 10:00 on Thursday morning, I can say I've had quite the adventure so far. I did my usual morning routine, breakfast, shower, etc.

I then decided I should walk over to the hostel I will be staying at, potentially, tomorrow to see their cancellation policies, if I decide to leave Ireland early. I retraced my steps from Tuesday on the self walking tour, because I wanted to see everything again, on my own time.

This first picture is a doorway out of the Garda Memorial Garden. I can't tell you more, mainly because I forget the story behind it. Oops. But it's a very beautiful place, as you can see in the second picture. We visited here on the tour a couple days ago, and I just really wanted to go back.

This here is the last remaining tower of Dublin City. Like, the original Dublin City. Back when it was spelled Dubhlinn. It's the Record Tower, which you can read about in he second picture. Pretty interesting. 

I visited the old Moore's (sp?) church this morning too. It's over a thousand years old, although the graffiti on it isn't...

Apparently the spire on top (which is not visible from this view) is the highest walkable point in Dublin. It's a pretty flat town. The church was built after the Vikings had either all left or died, which is why it has lasted this long. I guess the Vikings couldn't engineer buildings to save their lives...

So that's been my morning. Pretty eventful couple of hours. Maybe I'll post again later on today. I'm thinking I'll go to the Leprechaun museum, because I mean, I'm really curious how they make a museum out of that. Is everything enlarged so you feel smaller? Is everything leprechaun sized? Who knows.

Also planning on finally getting some real Fish and Chips. Hopefully that will be exciting. 

And a special shoutout to those back home who are helping me deal with all this stress by letting me vent the frustrations, and then keeping my mind off of it. You're all very dear to my heart!

Till next time.

Josh