Irish Celebration!

A couple of weekends ago now I headed out to Dublin to spend St. Patrick's Day with Emma! It was so nice to have a weekend where we didn't really have to travel or see sights but we could just hang out. I got there late on Thursday.. which became the first of 11 nights that Emma and I ended up sharing a slightly smaller than twin size bed. It wasn't too awful- with the exception of Emma at one point fully smothering me in Paris as she rooted around in her bag for a sweater.. because she so desperately needed a sweater in the middle of the night.

The next day we went into Dublin with her friends Molly and Jicole to shop around for St. Patrick's Day outfits and see a few of the festivities that were happening during the weekend. We saw a bit of a Gaelic dance festival and walked around St. Stephen's Green before heading to Central Porterhouse pub to spend the day there. Emma also introduced me to Tolteca- the Irish version of Chipotle. After about four months without my beloved burrito bowl it was very welcomed. Of course I wouldn't dare go to any European Chipotle out of respect for Ruz- but Tolteca I could deal with.. twice. Later that night we went out to a pub/club called Whalens. It was a great time- she has very, very fun and nice friends and it was great to be able to go out with them.

Saturday we went into Dublin again and had sandwiches at O'Neills and then Irish Coffees at the Quays. Then we headed over to Porterhouse Temple Bar to meet up with James and Gabe who were also in Rome. Emma's friends came and met up a bit later and it was a ton of fun- we then all headed over to Croke Park to watch a Gaelic football game. We all stuck together the rest of the night as we went around to a few more pubs but headed back early to get an early start for the parade.

Sunday was finally St. Patrick's Day! We woke up super early to walk in the parade with Molly and her sister. Dublin was so cold and my fingers were all but freezing off. Emma and I ended up heading off by ourselves to a pub before meeting up with her friends a bit later- where in which we were of course seen just the two of us by a few people that we went to high school with. When we left we were absolutely dying because of how it must have looked 2 years out of high school now in a different country we are still only seen together. It was such a great weekend and it didn't even have to really end because Emma came back to Rome with me on Monday!