Anna's visit!!

My lovely friend Anna came to visit over the past weekend! It was soooo nice to have a friend from home come and give me hugs! I think it was perfect timing because I was beginning to feel a little homesick so having her here re-energized me for a few weeks until Kurt gets here!
We had a lot of fun (more pics to come once Anna sends them to me!) She came in on Saturday evening and we went into Temple Bar that evening. There must have been about 5 bachelorette parties we saw out on the town...and they really do it up! Costumes and all (note to self: this is the place to come for that!)

We went into downtown for about 12 hours on Sunday! We took the train to Bray, which is south of Dublin. It was a beautiful sunny but freezing day so we we walked around a little and went to lunch there. It is a cute little village I will definately return to. Then we went back into Dublin and visited the Chester Beatty Library, which is actually more of a museum. It was really interesting...lots of focus on rare books and different religion histories. After the museum we went to Guinness for the world famous tour and free pint o Guinness! I don't know who's heard it tastes better here, but that is true in my opinion! To finish the day off we had an Irish dinner at a pub, complete with traditional Irish music and dancing Riverdance style! Loved the entertainment but the food was so-so. I had stew, which turned out to be fatty lamb meat in a watery stock (aka barfy). Still, it was a great day all together! I'm so glad Anna could come visit!

These are my only pics I have on my camera :( I left mine at home on Sunday so here is a couple from Sat night:

You can see some of the crazy bachelorette girls here... there was a band playing so this guy grabbed one for a quick dance. Its so entertaining to just walk around downtown any given night!

Anna rehydrating after flying in, but in the other hand is a drinky! What do ya do?!

One of the pubs in Temple Bar. We didn't go to this one...but you can imagine if we did?