today was our second and last day in dublin. it is a beautiful city and the people here are incrediably nice. i am sure we look like complete tourists when i have my camera strapped to my neck, we always have a map in our hands and we are constantly snapping pictures of every little thing. so it is no surprise to people when we look totally lost. most of the time we don't ask people for help with directions, they offer. it is a crowded city and usually in cities people are more abrout and rude, but in ireland everyone is like "pardon me" or "excuse me. it has totally taken me by surprise.
no matter where we are, or if we have just eaten my dad always has to stop for ice cream. we will be walking by a ice cream shop or he will see a picture of ice cream and will go "oh that looks good, lets go get one." he always complains that is gut is getting bigger and bigger but yet he has no self control, when it comes to ice cream!
the ice cream place that we went to today was called the milkshake bar. the milk shake he ordered was called "shake what your mamma gave ya", no joke. but it was one of the best milk shakes i ever had. we ordered one to share, but when my dad had the first sip he said, "are you sure you don't want me to order you one? cause i don't really want to share." haha
my dad is not one to take boring pictures. he is probably the one that makes my blog look interesting. everytime the camera is in his face, or i say dad "look", he always strikes some great pose. sometimes i don't understand what he is doing, but he is so hilarious.
the fun thing about our trip has been that we pass the time so easily. we will plan on doing something, and then we will find something compltely random to do on our way. today, we were on our way to an art history museum when i said, "dad look at this cute park!" we both agreed that we wanted to walk through. i love parks, especially ones like these. they are so peaceful and quite. we just sat on a bench, people watched and walked around.
the time i enjoy trips the most is when there is no agenda and you barely look at a map. you just wake up each day and take it one minute at a time. i like when there isn't a huge rush to get from place to place, but rather you just walk around and enjoy whatever it is that you do.
i guess my dad got a little too relxed when he sat down to take a rest. his head was bobbin up and down. it was so funny.
dad and his speciality drinks, he loves them!
what did i tell you about my dad always strikin a pose? this is him playing an air guitar, if you couldn't already tell. tonight for dinner my dad wanted to go to hard rock cafe. seems kind of dumb because hard rock is a chain resuraunt and not unqiue to ireland at all. i would have rather gone to some little cafe but a burger and fries always sounds good to me so i caved. my dad said, "it is tradition to go to hard rock. i have been to one everywhere i go." its actually true, so it is kinda fun that we went here. we have been to probably every hard rock cafe in this world.
