Dublin, Ireland

D: People in Ireland speak Irish.
G: Don't ever say that. It's not Irish..it's Gaelic! 

As stupid as that was..I really had no idea! I've never really thought about it and always thought Irish people spoke in English..with..Irish..accents heh heh. Dublin was one of the first trips I booked, but was my last trip while being abroad. I didn't really know a lot about Dublin - just kept picturing green clovers everywhere lol but it actually wasn't that green. Learned that Dublin isn't really an area in Ireland that's known for green. Aside from London being a lot prettier/cleaner, Dublin really reminded me of London! especially when I saw a Primark copycat (Penny's hehe). One of the best things about Dublin was HOW NICE Irish people were. Idk if we were just blessed with really good people coming our way, but everyone was so cheery and so happy to help us! 

After a quick RyanAir flight with Gary & KYLE (one of the sweetest guys from my program was sitting right next to me!) we arrived in Dublin and checked into our hostel/restaurant/pub! Very very cool hostel! Felt like we didn't need to go anywhere else because everything was right where we were staying. Had our first tradiational Irish meal which was so good, BUT realized that after eating around in Europe..truly KOREAN GOOD IS THE BEST! Looking forward to eating all the korean good I can when I go home! AHHHH 

We only had a good full day in Dublin which limited us to only staying in Dublin. Was kind of bummed about not being able to go to the Cliff of Moher which was on the other side of the country, but that just means we'll be back to Ireland again one day, right?! right. Spent our day off with a 2 hour hike at Howth which was ohso beautiful and was happy to see so much green! We pretty much spent our day walking everywhere and eating pretty much everything we wanted. Felt so disgustingly full after this trip/Gary being here with me! GABBY MAKES ME SO FAT. 

Can't believe this was my last time traveling while being here! Time flies. SO thankful to be able to do all this! :') 

poppin hostel

first meal in Dublin

Garebare's fresh Guinness!

Christmas inside the Irish pub :o)

Traditional Irish Coddle (sausage, potato, cabbage, & carrot soup) yum

Corned beef & Cabbage nomnom

Howth Hike

morning hike with a beautiful view!!! 

ignore my awkward bod, but look at the view! 

Dublin rocks togo 

seafood platter after our 2 hour hike! BOMB

no Guinness factory for Gabby..BUT..

that's okay, because we got free complementary drinks at our hostel/pub. Gary's Guinness & my Baileys Irish Cream