Day 3: First rainy day in Ireland :)

Today was officially the first day it rained for the entire day! Constant drizzle. This morning was pretty leisurely. The group met once again in the drawing room (see pictures below :] ) before heading out to Brazenhead Pub in West Dublin around 1 pm. (http://www.brazenhead.com/) Brazenhead is THE oldest pub in Ireland! I had tomato soup for an appetizer, beef and guinness stew for main course, and bread pudding for dessert. It was SO good!

My roommate Rachel and me in The Drawing Room before Brazenhead!

Tracie and me outside of Brazenhead before brunch! 

After brunch, we were planning on going on the Guinness factory tour, but it was too rainy. Apparently the best part of the tour is at the end where you get to go to the sky bar and look out over Dublin. So, we plan to save that for a sunny day! Instead, we ended up going shopping on Henry Street, which has a ton of cute stores! H&M, Dunnes (which is the Irish equivalent of Target), Penneys (Owned by J.C. Penney and Primark, but more like a Forever XXI), etc. I didn't end up buying anything because it was ridiculously crowded, and if you know me, you know how much I dislike being in crowds. Terrible.

So, a bunch of us ended up going to see SATC2, but for real this time! I'm a fan. SO much better than the first! And the best part was probably when Charlotte's Irish nanny was introduced and the fact that we were sitting in a movie theatre in Ireland surrounded by Irish people. Our thought is that they were either really offended or found it hysterical. Haha! We just heard a TON of whispering whenever she was on screen! It was hilarious!

After the movie, we went to dinner at this Italian place called Milano. I got the Cannelloni and a glass of Chardonnay. It was probably THE best Italian meal I've had in my entire life. SO amazing! I feel like the closer you get the Italy, the better the Italian food gets! We had a leisurely meal and talked over wine. Perfect evening!

It was definitely a chill day today, which I think we all needed after yesterday! I definitely only took 5 pictures today because it was so gloomy! But tomorrow has a zero percent chance of rain (which is VERY rare in Ireland) and we're going to Glendalough with the group! I hear it's beautiful, and I can't wait to see it for myself.

Tomorrow we have to meet the group around 9:30 a.m., and considering it's already midnight here, I should be getting to bed! Goodnight.

From Ireland with love,
Hillary