A weekend in the city

This weekend, we decided to not spend most of it on a bus and stay in Dublin instead. On Friday, a bunch of us decided it would be really fun to go see a movie. After google-ing movie theaters forever to find one within walking distance, we finally found one. Once we got there, we found that it was completely worth the half hour walk to get there. This movie theater was amazing! After standing in line for about 20 minutes (it was super crowded), we finally bought tickets for X-Men and tried to find our theater (a hard task considering there were 16 theaters and 4 stories in this building!). The theater also had a bar, concessions with tons of food, and a Ben and Jerry's ice cream place. The theater seats were really comfortable too, and the movie was very good!

On Saturday, we got up pretty early and went to the Dublin Farmer's market in the Temple Bar area. While we originally had trouble finding it, we ended up loving the market! Not only was there delicious food (I got buffalo mozzarella cheese from Ireland's only buffalo cheese manufacturer and organic cherries that were better than Door County cherries), but there was also jewelry and clothes.

After the market we went to a Riverdance show! It was really awesome to see kind of the evolution and different flavors of Riverdance, stemming from Spanish flamenco to American jazz and tap, and Irish traditions. We even were given upgraded seats, so we were only a few rows in!

Then on Sunday morning a bunch of us really wanted to go to St. Patrick's Cathedral for church because of their apparently amazing boy's choir. We wandered around for a while, trying to find the Cathedral, and ended up getting there late and not being let in. We walked around and shopped until we were able to go to another service at another church. After church we headed off to Croake Park for the Championship Hurling match between Kilkenny and Dublin. The best way I can describe hurling is to say that sometime in the distant past, the Irish got together and combined every sport into one and called it hurling. The sport included aspects of other sports like cricket, soccer, baseball, football, paddleball, and lacrosse. Unfortunately, Kilkenny ended up winning 29-18, despite our cheers for Dublin.

Croake Park

Hurling!