So everyone needs a little playtime right? Well during the day I might be stuck inside but only until 5 or 6! And guess what? The sun doesn't set here until after 10 so I still have plenty of time to go exploring, when I'm not too tired that is.
Monday I wanted to go for a run, so I hoped a bus to City Centre and made my way over to Trinity College where I found a park called St Stephen's Green. It was really pretty and is said to be the most famous park in Dublin. Here are a few pics I took as I did a few laps around the park.
The big brick arch is the entrance to the park. It was really tall... though you can't really tell from the picture. The park had your typical lawns but it also had a very pretty pond in the middle where there were a few swans! I love swans and they are all over the place down here. There were also a lot of cool statues and fountains.
After running I decided to go exploring in the shopping center right next door. The "mall" looked super cool from the outside! And on the inside it only got cooler! (if that's a word?) so awesome!
Outside on the street I saw a few of their cars....?
Or it's really a tourist mobile but I still thought it rather cool. The guy pedals it like a bike.
Also along the street were a few street performers, playing the guitar and singing, and then there was the statue man. I saw him outside the bookstore window and had to laugh!
He moved! Really he's not a statue and some teenagers were poking at him. I wonder what he's made out of... ;0)
Sometime later that week, I don't really recall when now that I think about it but I went into City Centre again after work and this time we hit up Henry Street. It's a shopping district filled with all sorts of your typical European mall stores. I met up with my roommate Nicole and we explored the local fashion.
Oh so sexy in our barets!
WOrk it girl in that animal style!
I did a half squate to make sure that it was blatently obvious how tight my floral skinnys were :0)
I almost bought this one! ugh! I just wish it wasn't 70 Euro!!!
Totally digging the bows right? hot?
After our little fashion parade we happened across this Bar?
It's called the "Church Bar"... why because it is actually an old church that when was no longer in use they turned into this super fancy pub/restaurant. We decided to give the place a shot. We walked in and saw that they had done a good job at keeping the "churchy feeling" inside
but don't be fooled... it's still a bar
And fyi... the Irish hamburger here was delicious!
And it also had one of the fanciest bathrooms I've ever seen!
After the restaurant we went back out to the streets looking for a good time ;0) We hit a few more stores, including Elvery's where I bought my Gaelic football/hurling Jersey and sweatshirt. Which by the way are all very very cute! I wanted to buy half of the store tho. I love sporting good stores! Well it's time to end the tale for now! Peace out!
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