Irish Thanksgiving
Hello! It's crazy that this upcoming week is my last week of classes! It's very hard to believe, but tomorrow marks only three weeks until I return to the USA. It's quite bittersweet that my big adventure is slowly coming to its close, but I'm going to be pretty busy with finals and travels for the next few weeks to keep me distracted from the swiftly approaching end of the semester.
This week was pretty normal as well, even more normal than it would've been if I had been at home. As you know, the Irish don't celebrate Thanksgiving, so I had classes and activities as usual this week. You've pretty much already heard about Monday, so I won't rehash that again. Tuesday was an absolutely lovely day temperature-wise, with the weather in the 50's! After coming back from frigid Scotland, it was wonderful to not lose feeling in my extremities when stepping outside :) Wednesday was fairly normal as well.
On Thursday, at second breakfast with Film Society, my French friend Alice told me and Makenna that we absolutely HAD to celebrate Thanksgiving! I hadn't had too much planned otherwise, so we all got together at my apartment. We found a livestream of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and gorged ourselves on a bunch of mix-matched food dishes. After that, Makenna and I got together and ordered take-out while watching a couple of movies. It was not your typical Thanksgiving, but I still got to celebrate with some friends, which was pretty fun. Not gonna lie though, I do wish that I could've watched football on my couch all day like I would've if I were at home.
On Friday, I did a bunch of homework before Alyssa came back from Germany. We stayed in on Friday night and I made us some really yummy fried rice. We went to bed kind of early so that we could wake up at a reasonable hour for our trip to Howth. You might remember that Howth was one of the first day trips that I took in Ireland, as it's technically in Dublin but feels like it's the middle of nowhere. I wanted to show Alyssa just how beautiful the Irish landscape can be and since we never finished the Howth hike the first time I went, the two of us decided to go there.
Since we went way further than I had been, here are some more pictures of Howth from the other side of the hike! The views were even more beautiful this time around, and the weather held up pretty nicely. It was sunny, cloudless, and only slightly windy for the majority of the day.
Also, as an FYI, Alyssa has some really great pictures that I don't have, but I forgot to grab them from her before she left to head back to Maryland this morning. You can expect an updated version of this blog to include them within the next day or so!
After our hike, we headed downtown to get some food. We ate at Nando's, a personal favorite of mine! We then headed down to Grafton Street to see all of the Christmas lights that they put up and to buy some desserts. Once we got home, we ate lots of desserts and watched a movie. Take a look at the pictures of downtown Dublin! It looks so pretty :)
I can't believe it's almost Christmas time already! Since Thanksgiving has passed, we can officially listen to Christmas music, which means I'm starting to get into the season! It's defintiely getting colder here in Ireland. I'm hoping this weekend's trip to Belgium will maybe bring slightly warmer weather. After my visit to Belgium, I'll be staying in Ireland until I leave for the States on December 18th. Crazy that it's my final big adventure while I'm here!
Thanks for reading and I hope you all had a lovely and happy Thanksgiving!
This week was pretty normal as well, even more normal than it would've been if I had been at home. As you know, the Irish don't celebrate Thanksgiving, so I had classes and activities as usual this week. You've pretty much already heard about Monday, so I won't rehash that again. Tuesday was an absolutely lovely day temperature-wise, with the weather in the 50's! After coming back from frigid Scotland, it was wonderful to not lose feeling in my extremities when stepping outside :) Wednesday was fairly normal as well.
On Thursday, at second breakfast with Film Society, my French friend Alice told me and Makenna that we absolutely HAD to celebrate Thanksgiving! I hadn't had too much planned otherwise, so we all got together at my apartment. We found a livestream of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and gorged ourselves on a bunch of mix-matched food dishes. After that, Makenna and I got together and ordered take-out while watching a couple of movies. It was not your typical Thanksgiving, but I still got to celebrate with some friends, which was pretty fun. Not gonna lie though, I do wish that I could've watched football on my couch all day like I would've if I were at home.
On Friday, I did a bunch of homework before Alyssa came back from Germany. We stayed in on Friday night and I made us some really yummy fried rice. We went to bed kind of early so that we could wake up at a reasonable hour for our trip to Howth. You might remember that Howth was one of the first day trips that I took in Ireland, as it's technically in Dublin but feels like it's the middle of nowhere. I wanted to show Alyssa just how beautiful the Irish landscape can be and since we never finished the Howth hike the first time I went, the two of us decided to go there.
Since we went way further than I had been, here are some more pictures of Howth from the other side of the hike! The views were even more beautiful this time around, and the weather held up pretty nicely. It was sunny, cloudless, and only slightly windy for the majority of the day.
Also, as an FYI, Alyssa has some really great pictures that I don't have, but I forgot to grab them from her before she left to head back to Maryland this morning. You can expect an updated version of this blog to include them within the next day or so!
After our hike, we headed downtown to get some food. We ate at Nando's, a personal favorite of mine! We then headed down to Grafton Street to see all of the Christmas lights that they put up and to buy some desserts. Once we got home, we ate lots of desserts and watched a movie. Take a look at the pictures of downtown Dublin! It looks so pretty :)
I can't believe it's almost Christmas time already! Since Thanksgiving has passed, we can officially listen to Christmas music, which means I'm starting to get into the season! It's defintiely getting colder here in Ireland. I'm hoping this weekend's trip to Belgium will maybe bring slightly warmer weather. After my visit to Belgium, I'll be staying in Ireland until I leave for the States on December 18th. Crazy that it's my final big adventure while I'm here!
Thanks for reading and I hope you all had a lovely and happy Thanksgiving!
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