So for spring break, which is Easter week here in Europe, I spent the week traveling. I spent the week with my good friend from Gonzaga who is also studying in Spain, but she is in southern Spain in Granada. Her name is Kara.
Our first stop was Dublin, Ireland. It is such an amazing city! First off, being able to speak English and understand everyone was such a relief! This may be something that I never take for granted again. Anyway, we spent the weekend wandering around the streets. We went to Trinity College which is a really old college. We also went to the Jameson Whiskey Distillery. This was such a treat and we learned so much about the making of whiskey and the history of whisky. We also got to do a little sampling. It was so much fun!
Aside from these activities we also got to experience the Irish night life. The pubs were very fun and had so much of a unique and fun loving atmosphere. At every pub we went to there was live music which was most often traditional Irish music. This brought me back to the days of Irish Dancing, so I got to reminisce quite a bit. We also got to meet and talk to many people. The accents can sometimes be really hard to understand!
During our trip to Ireland we had mostly beautiful weather. It was sunny for the first two days, even though it was still a little chilly, but we had come prepared. The last day, however, it rained and it was extremely wet! We walked through the rain for a while looking at churches, but then ended up going for hot chocolate and finding a book store with extremely good prices! My favorite food during this trip was fish and chips, which I consumed quite a bit of.
After we left Ireland, we had an eight hour stop in Bristol, England. It was also expremely rainy here. Thus, we ended up sitting in a coffee shop and relaxing for a while, and going to a movie. We were pretty tired from a lack of sleep so this relaxing afternoon was perfect.
Our next stop was Mallorca, Spain. This is a beautiful island off the eastern coast of Spain in the Meditteranean. On this island we met up with some girls from Kara's program in Granada. We had a lot of fun getting to lay on the beach for a few days. This island was a lot of fun, but it is probably more touristy than Hawaii. We hardly saw any Spanish people there. It was mainly Enligh and Scottish blokes. Also, even thought the water is drinkable in the places we live in Spain, apparently it is not drinkable in Mallorca. Due to this, Kara got extremely sick the second night we were there. I drank the water as well, but didn't start feeling ill till we got back to Spain. Overall, Mallorca was a very fun, party island where we were able to soak up a bit of sun.
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