Getting fresh with the stone

Hey all!

It's only been two weeks and it feels like MONTHS! But i'm loving every second of it :)

Not much has happened since wednesday, except a few things.

On thursday I was supposed to go out with some friends, but unfortunately, my knee started acting up, so I had to stay in and nurse it back to health. Luckily it feels MUCH better. Which is good because I would've been in biggggggg trouble while dancing and walking around everywhere.

On friday though my friend taylor and I walked around the city centre for about three hours and discovered a bunch of different and unique places. It's amazing that every time I go down there I find something new :) It's wonderful. But later that night we decided we wanted to get everyone from Iowa together and have a dinner. We went to this delicious Tapas restaurant. Amazing food and wine (expensive, but totally worth it :) ). After that, we walked to this local traditional Irish pub, had a couple pints and listened to this amazing musician play traditional Irish songs. He even took requests, I asked for: Take me home again Kathleen (tribute to Katie my sistaaaaa) and Whisky in the jar :) It was perfect. A great ending to a great night.

Saturday was filled with activities as well! We moseyed on over to Blarney Castle, and well, I KISSED THE STONE! It was magical, really. Just walking around and embracing the culture that was centuries old. It was a little cold (aka my toes were frozen) but once we were walking and exploring it wasn't so bad. After the castle, we went to get lunch at this local pub. The food was sooo good. I had an irish brie and cranberry relish sandwich with chip and vinegar. Deeeelish! After that we went to Blarney woolen mills. Of course I had to get an authentic sweater :) It's so warm, just what I needed for this cold i'm catching :(

After that long day, coming home to tea and movies was the perfect ending. Unfortunately waking up with a swollen throat was not a good beginning to today, but it'll get better. Lots 'o vitamin C and tea, with movies and tv...and maybe some reading in there as well for good measure :) Gotta keep up with the homework ;)

I can't believe it's only the third week! I'll be updating every week now (probably on sundays) just FYI :)

Have a lovely week everyone!

(next post will include whisky of the month!)

xoxo
Sara Leslie

p.s. I'm trying to upload pictures to a website so that people without Facebook can see. It's in the process so hopefully by next time it will be up :)