Today, I shook a mummy's hand, but that story will have to wait as I recount the events of my weekend thus far.
Work on Friday dragged on and on, especially by 2 o'clock. 2 o'clock is usually the time that all of my productivity goes to hell and I start looking at CNN Election Results Center and try memorizing the number of electoral votes each state has. That way, in November, as the states go for either Obama or Romney, I can be like Josh Lyman on election results night from the 7th season of West Wing. But that's neither here nor there. In any case, I got out of work at 4 and met up with Brianne and Kristen on O'Connell Street. We went to Penney's to get me some going-out clothing (because, shocker, I have none) and then went to a burger joint called The Counter, which serves some damn good mixed drinks. Burgers and cosmos...yum. After the burger joint, we went back to Shanowen to get ready for our night. We got to the bus stop by 10:45...just in time for the West Life concert to get out. Traffic was brutal, and Kristen, Brianne, and I left to go to the bathroom, leaving the other girls on the bus. We then proceeded to walk across Dublin without jackets (a shining moment for all of us really). After the long trek, we made it to Temple Bar, where is was packed (fucking West Life) and left promptly after to meet the girls at Dandelion. Once, we got to Dandelion, we stayed for a little while and then headed over to the ever so classy Copper Face Jacks. So that was pretty much my Friday night.
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| He's a looker. |
Now, mummies. Those lovely creatures up there reside in St. Michan's Church in the medieval part of Dublin just north of the Liffey River. You can take a tour of the crypts or whatever you call them, which we did this morning at the way-too-early hour of 11AM. It was super neat, though. All of the following information is brought to you by our interesting and hilarious lawyer/fill-in tour guide, who said the title of this blog post. The underground tombs house the leaders of the United Irishmen, John and Henry Sheares. In 1798, they lead a rebellion against the British, which proved to be unsuccessful. They were then executed for high treason by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Really brutal. That was my highlight from the first part. Then during the second part there was the me shaking a mummy's hand bit. The picture at the very top is the room that I stood in during the second part of the tour. There are 7 bodies in there (I think, it might just be 6). Each one has a different story to it. The one in the line of three on the far left is thought to be a nun because the clothing she was buried in resembled a nun's habit. The middle dude is supposedly a reformed thief. He had his right hand chopped off, but they think that he was buried in St. Michan's because he reformed his ways and became a holy man. The other woman on the far right is thought to be a nun as well. Then there is the bro in the far back (pictured above). He is called The Crusader. He is 800+ years old and was 6'3". And before my little brother Billy starts scoffing at that height as merely average, I will remind him that in those days the average height for a man was 4'10" to 5'3". So this bro was a giant. In order to fit him into his casket, they had to fold his legs under him. And since he was so tall, he was automatically put into the army. Which is why they call him the Crusader. They believe he fought in the Crusades, but they have no evidence to support it. It had a nice ring to it though, doesn't it? So yeah, I shook this guys hand. It felt weird. His mummified hand felt shocking like a mannequins hand, which weirds me out to no end. So that's about it for the mummies.
After that, 5 other girls from my program and I walked around the medieval part of Dublin and got some really good Italian food right across from Dublin Castle. The medieval part of the city is really gorgeous and just a cool place to walk around. We stopped in a heritage shop to look at the old genealogy things and then went to the Cow's Lane market, which had lots of vendors selling jewellery, pictures and all sorts of other things. We then explored the courtyard of Dublin Castle (which is really a 5 minutes adventure as there isn't too much to see), and then went back to Santry. Tomorrow, we plan on going to see Brave and just bumming around Dublin some more. So I'm sure I'll be posting lovely Scottish sayings about changing your fate and wanting freedom and what have you. Clearly, very exciting stuff.
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| Dublin Castle Courtyard |
Work on Friday dragged on and on, especially by 2 o'clock. 2 o'clock is usually the time that all of my productivity goes to hell and I start looking at CNN Election Results Center and try memorizing the number of electoral votes each state has. That way, in November, as the states go for either Obama or Romney, I can be like Josh Lyman on election results night from the 7th season of West Wing. But that's neither here nor there. In any case, I got out of work at 4 and met up with Brianne and Kristen on O'Connell Street. We went to Penney's to get me some going-out clothing (because, shocker, I have none) and then went to a burger joint called The Counter, which serves some damn good mixed drinks. Burgers and cosmos...yum. After the burger joint, we went back to Shanowen to get ready for our night. We got to the bus stop by 10:45...just in time for the West Life concert to get out. Traffic was brutal, and Kristen, Brianne, and I left to go to the bathroom, leaving the other girls on the bus. We then proceeded to walk across Dublin without jackets (a shining moment for all of us really). After the long trek, we made it to Temple Bar, where is was packed (fucking West Life) and left promptly after to meet the girls at Dandelion. Once, we got to Dandelion, we stayed for a little while and then headed over to the ever so classy Copper Face Jacks. So that was pretty much my Friday night. 
After that, 5 other girls from my program and I walked around the medieval part of Dublin and got some really good Italian food right across from Dublin Castle. The medieval part of the city is really gorgeous and just a cool place to walk around. We stopped in a heritage shop to look at the old genealogy things and then went to the Cow's Lane market, which had lots of vendors selling jewellery, pictures and all sorts of other things. We then explored the courtyard of Dublin Castle (which is really a 5 minutes adventure as there isn't too much to see), and then went back to Santry. Tomorrow, we plan on going to see Brave and just bumming around Dublin some more. So I'm sure I'll be posting lovely Scottish sayings about changing your fate and wanting freedom and what have you. Clearly, very exciting stuff.
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