Tennis Ratchet

Oops. We went on the pub crawl again. Well, we tried. You see, they let you go as many times for free, as long as you paid the first time and still have the wristband. We didn't go as early, though, so we had no clue which pub the group was at. So my friends and I went to a place called Whelan's.

Nicole and I convinced these 3 guys that our alter egos were Brandi (me) and Mandi (her). It was a riot. They bought us some drinks, and we schmoozed with them for the night. It was also national tequila day, so we celebrated. OMG and Nicole found out that her niece had been born! We were all so happy and cheers-ed to that. But then things got ratch.

We exited Whelan's and went to some bar that the guys said was fun. Little did we know we had to be at least 28 to get in. Our friends were 31. Ah. Like why are you going to clubs when you're that old? I don't know. It was weird. But they didn't want to leave us, so we went to our favorite place, Dicey's, for the third and last (thank the lord) time. Mandi decided that she wanted to make out with two of the three guys we were with. And she did. While the first one was getting a drink, the other one pounced. Interestingly enough, the other guy comes back and was hella angry. 28 years of friendship, and still fighting over a random girl you meet. Classic. Me and the 3rd guy were just very amused.

But hallelujah that all ended when we found our guy friends from the trip! They saved us from the oldies, and we danced the night away. As we were leaving to go, the sticky floor got the better of me. My shoe broke. I walked to the taxi with one bare foot. Call me Brandi with an "i". I felt ratchet as fuck.

But the next night my best friends on the trip and I all looked classy :)

That's Nicole, me, Melanie, and Jordan. The four of us have had so much fun! In the picture, we were at a going away dinner for the last night in Ireland. It was at a cute place called the Old Punch Bowl. We had a room upstairs (see picture), and we even had an open bar for an hour. It's funny, though, because you give a ton of students free booze, and they'll end up doing what we did: maxing the tab before the hour was up. Oops.

It was all water from then on.

My friends and I thought it was going to be a far walk to get to this place from our dorm, so we got an uber. It ended up being so close, and we were embarrassed for not just walking. LOL, no regrets.

My favorite part was the odd music that happened to play during dinner. I heard my old favorite song "Halo" by Beyonce (sorry mom and dad for bugging you with constantly repeating this song on long car rides). Also, some waitresses sang us a few songs that were modern and some Irish folk songs. They had amazing voices. Lastly, we all sang some karaoke. There was a range from Taylor Swift to Adele to Frozen. Amazing night.

My friend Benjy got up to sing and was moving around as he got to a rap verse. He by accident slapped a waitress, and wine glasses that she was holding shattered on the floor. I died. That was sort of the buzz kill that made us leave the restaurant. Before that, Benjy, Jordan, and I sang "All I Want For Christmas" by Mariah Carey. We're all Jewish. Great night.


Great day as well, before dinner. We walked around the city. Unfortunately it was raining, so we didn't spend as much time taking pictures or leisurely strolling as we had hoped. We did find the tart place I mentioned earlier, Queen of Tarts. It was phenomenal. I got blueberry cheesecake that was in a cute heart shape and an apple crisp. Go big or go home!

Then we walked around and got souvenirs. I bought a hat that says "Irish Drinking Team" with a bottle opener on the rim. I am winning at life. And then we were all sort of hungry again, so my stomach led me to Boojum and the rest of the gang followed. I got my last Boojum burrito. Sad times. It was amazing, though.


Ireland was beyond words. Besides the crappy weather for most of it, I had the best 3 weeks. I hope England and Switzerland rock my world too!

Be back later, gotta go exchange my euros for pounds. Womp.

peace.love.meep
-amyjoy