so yesterday, Suzi and i pretty much spent the whole day looking for a place to live. We walked a lot, but saw a lot of cool places too! and you'll never guess what i found!!
YES!!!!!!! TIM HORTONS IN DUBLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sadly, they did not sell Tim Horton's coffee, only donuts. it still got me excited though!!!!! i almost had a heart attack!! haha kidding.
we decided to walk to Trinity College, to see if there were any board postings about student sublets. the campus was very pretty! one weird thing though... no was one allowed to walk on the grass. what kind of university campus won't allow people to go on the grass?! there were also a bunch of statues of smart people, haha.
(trying to look "smart")
me and a smart statue!
the campus also held the Book of Kells. I actually just learned what it was yesterday. basically, it is this really famous medieval book written by monks or gospels with religious passages and pictures. unfortunately, the exhibition wasn't open that day, so we decided that we will go again another day to check it out. walking around more, we came upon this man drawing on the street, it reminded me of the people drawing on Young and Dundas.
Anyway, later on that night, i went on a walk by myself to see if there are any "For Rent" signs. there were none, but i eventually walked by the Guinness Storehouse. it was situated in a pretty sketchy-looking part of the city. I had no idea where i was. oh well. here are some pics.
(i don't know what this building was for, but wouldn't it be funny if this was the building people go when they've drank too much? haha!)
anyway, i also suppose it is almost time for people to vote. for something..... i don't know what. but there are posters of politicians ALL OVER the city. mainly on light posts.
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anyway, in other news... i miss Toronto. my hostel is great, and i haven't gone out at night at all. stupid jet lag. coffee is STRONG. haha there's this one brand of coffee, it's called "Insomnia"... very rightly named! haha! good and strong. um... what else? oh, traffic here is crazy! not as crazy as NYC, but still! i never know what street i'm on. the street signs (if there even is one at that particular location) is on the wall of some building, but not on all buildings, so it's really hard to see. the roads are not neat grids, it goes many different ways. so if you're lost, locals are more than willing to help! but i've noticed that they give really vague directions. they'll tell you where to walk and where to turn left, or right.... but they don't tell you which STREET to turn on! like, yesterday, Suzi and i were trying to find this street, and we asked this cute old man on the street, and seriously, this is what he said: "go up this road, and turn right. keep walking and turn left at the traffic lights!" hahahaa oooooh man. hilarious. we eventually found our way by looking at a map. haha. oh well.
anyways, this post is long enough. i'm going to go get some food. toodles!
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