Dubliners

Dublin thankfully doesn’t only consist O’Connoll Street and Temple Bar, I feel like my head would explode if I were to spend everyday in those crowded areas- word has it that as the year progresses the less time we’ll spend in that area. There are outlying “urban villages” that Martin, our GORGEOUS “local assistant,” told us about. We went to one called Sandymount yesterday, but I felt a bit intruding. Imagine seven young loud Americans walking into a local pub where people are talking quietly amongst themselves. The stereotypes are correct indeed. We weren’t too obtrusive, though I think that it would have been better if we didn’t walk in hordes. I feel these mysterious urban villages are more of the heart of Dublin and I will survey these in closer detail, probably a day and time other than Sunday evening when everything was closed other than a corner pub.