OH NO! After waiting two days for my bronzer to take effect, it’s showing itself in the most unlikely of places. I’ve got orange webs between my fingers! Both hands! It looks like I choked Ernie!
How horrible. I won’t be able to gesture wildly in public for weeks.
But what a great weekend! On Sunday I found myself in the most unusual of circumstances. I headed up to County Meath by bus to stay at the ever-famous Slane Farm Hostel. BAH. After walking 5 miles in the rain to get to this place (a lot of that was walking in aimless, Kate-like circles), I found the hostel tucked into a cow pasture. Unfortunately, no one was home to check me in. And very unfortunately, I had to put my pack back on and march back to the bus station.
While waiting for the bus, I did pop into a pub for a pint and got to experience a Gaelic Football game in the country. Dublin (Ath Cliath) was playing Co. Meath (An Mhi), and the pub was full of people watching and screaming and drinking and beating their wives. Just kidding, everyone was just rialed up and having a good time.
Gaelic Football, if you were ever curious, is played only in Ireland and is the craziest, most brutal game ever. It combines football, soccer and rugby and is thousands of years old, brought here by Norse conquerors. Ireland also has hurling, which is like field hockey, but with a loss of more teeth and a snapping of more limbs. Fun Fact: Both games require the wearing of short shorts. Who wears short shorts? This guy wears short shorts:
How horrible. I won’t be able to gesture wildly in public for weeks.
But what a great weekend! On Sunday I found myself in the most unusual of circumstances. I headed up to County Meath by bus to stay at the ever-famous Slane Farm Hostel. BAH. After walking 5 miles in the rain to get to this place (a lot of that was walking in aimless, Kate-like circles), I found the hostel tucked into a cow pasture. Unfortunately, no one was home to check me in. And very unfortunately, I had to put my pack back on and march back to the bus station.
While waiting for the bus, I did pop into a pub for a pint and got to experience a Gaelic Football game in the country. Dublin (Ath Cliath) was playing Co. Meath (An Mhi), and the pub was full of people watching and screaming and drinking and beating their wives. Just kidding, everyone was just rialed up and having a good time.
Gaelic Football, if you were ever curious, is played only in Ireland and is the craziest, most brutal game ever. It combines football, soccer and rugby and is thousands of years old, brought here by Norse conquerors. Ireland also has hurling, which is like field hockey, but with a loss of more teeth and a snapping of more limbs. Fun Fact: Both games require the wearing of short shorts. Who wears short shorts? This guy wears short shorts:
So it was a good weekend. And hey, Sarah Giraud is in town with her friend Kate! So we had a fun night of Dublin debauchery last night, and they’ll be headed down to Dundrum today to hang out again.
And lastly, I’ve booked my ticket to Paris! June 28th, should be fun. Time to brush up on the French, n’est pas?
omg...that fat guy might as well be wearing leggings. at least it would cover up more.
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