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time to go big or go home - Dublin Blitz 03 November 07
time to go big or go home - Dublin Blitz 03 November 07
11 November 2007
Thanks to Christine's magical way with words, I now present you with an accurate retelling of our foray across the cold English waters to the land of bottomless pints and blarney stones.
There is a general stereotype of the Irish being heavy drinkers. It is true.
Here is an approximate itinerary of Christine and my time spent in Dublin:
7:50 AM- Wake up late for our bus to the airport.
11:00 AM- Take off from Leeds/Bradford Airport.
11:15 AM- Fall asleep on plane.
11:55 AM- Wake to the sound of trumpet calvaries playing the "off to the races" tune over the loudspeakers, accompanied by the passengers clapping and whistling (no joke-thank you Ryan air low budget airlines). Look out the window and see nothing but green grass and grey skies. Realize I have arrived in Dublin.
12:15 PM- Take bus to Trinity College.
12:20 PM- "See" Trinity College.
12:30 PM- "See" Dublin Castle.
1:00 PM- Find Gaby. Gaby takes us around Dublin to see parks, shops, famous sites (aka Guinness Factory), etc.
5:25 PM- Eat most amazing kebab dinner ever experienced.
6:00 PM- Self-induced food coma...fall asleep on Gaby's couch. Pre-night nap, if you will.
9:30 PM- Wake up, get ready for the night.
10:00 PM- Gaby, Lauren and I meet up with 22 other NYU students for a night out on the town. This is the part where I observe that the Irish do love to drink. I tactfully use my lack of monetary resources to avoid the inevitable alcohol poisoning which the Irish must experience on a nightly basis.
Somewhere between 10:00 and 5:00 AM- We head back to the NYU flat and kick it old school on the roof, listening to tunes and dancing the samba till the break of dawn.
5:15 AM- head back to Gaby's. Resume state of comatose.
SUNDAY
1:30 PM- Arise from comatose. Eat breakfast. Wander throughout Dublin once again.
5:00 PM- Eat delicious homemade MEXICAN food (dream come true) compliments of Gaby.
8:00 PM- Gaby takes us to a venue called Crawdaddy where she has gotten all three of us on the VIP guest list (aka free entry). We see local Dublin bands The Mighty Stef and The Things, who are the supporting acts for the most hilarious show I have ever seen, put on by the Black Lips who are from GEORGIA. By hilarious I mean that if I had to describe these guys in four phrases it would be: cowboy boots, handle-bar mustache, silver teeth, and mushroom/bowl haircut from the '90s. It was stunning...simply stunning. It is also here that we meet up with the club promoter (the one who put us on the guest list), who introduces us to other club promoters who then take us and the bands to a new venue for which they promote.
12:00 AM- Karaoke at one of the club promoter's clubs. It is here that I observe that the Irish are even more spastic dancers than the English.
1:00 AM- More Karaoke
2:30 AM- Still at the Karaoke bar
4:30 AM- Lauren and I realize that we probably won't be sleeping tonight. We are correct.
6:30 AM- Lauren and I catch the bus back to the airport.
9:25 AM- Take off from Dublin Airport
10:30- AM- Land in Leeds and catch the bus home.
1:00 PM- Class.
I am told this is how it is done in Dublin.
hey, when in Rome.
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