Glasses on, wet hair and my sweat-pants. That's what I looked like this morning at 7am. I'll repeat it: 7am! No you're eyes aren't playing a trick on you, you've read it right: 7am. The first time that I woke up at the crack of dawn, it's flabbergasting I know! But I've got a very good reason for doing so. I met a couple of great Canadian guys on Monday and they left this morning. We had some nice conversations and when they mentioned yesterday that they were going to leave this morning I, enthusiastic as always, immidiately volunteered to get up at the same time as them to wave them goodbye. Hmm, it might have sounded great yesterday, but when my alarm rang at 6.30 this morning...
The rest of the day passed by in a rush. I got to bed again after my breakfast with the Canadians, called my mum and made a wonderfull big lunch/dinner:) I'm getting better behind the cooking plates, feeling more comfortable every day.
This night there was the Thursday-free-bbq again and I had to walk a group of the hostel up there. On my way back, one hour later, I saw the Queen again. I'm getting kind of bored of her. She keeps blocking up roads and the atmosphere of Dublin changed because of her. I wouldn't shed a tear if she leaves.
Wednesday, 18th of May
Crazy with a capital 'c', that's what the city is like today. Thousands of policeofficers marching the streets for the Queen, the busses stop at different busstops during the day and on top of that we've got the Europe League Final. This resulted into a crazy, buzy and energetic city.
I didn't know about the match, at least I did know, but I didn't remember --- until I decided that I wanted to walk to the Temple Bar District... It felt like I walked into another world... The smell of sweat and beer of excited football-fans hit me in the face when the first pub came into sight. Within seconds I was surrounded by a crowd of chanting guys. I have to admit, I felt a 'little' out of place.
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Amazing that they close down the road every time the Queen crosses it. The yellow-jackets even wanted us to close the windows tonight, just in case people wanted to throw things at the Queen from the second floor of the hostel. Due to the enormous enthusiasm of Shane who kept bragging about prince Philip waving at him, I wanted to see the Queen too. For the first time since the Queen landed ground in Ireland, I actually saw her and waved at her:)
Tuesday, 17th of May
Okay guys, I'm gonna be honest with you. The reason why I didn't post any blog the last week is that I feel miserable. Especially when Dirk left on Monday I just didn't want to do anything. I stayed inside the hostel for two days, just watching TV-shows. I have to admit that I didn't enjoy the occasionally phone-call home either. Just hearing the voices of the people I love made me realize how lonely I felt.
Later on in the week I started to feel even worse. My throat didn't feel good and I started to get a cold. And believe me, feeling ill when you're 800 kilometers away from home doesn't feel that good. All I wanted to do was go to my own bed and let my mother take care of me. I know, this isn't something you will expect from me, whining about going home. So, now I'm only going to write about happy things:)
The first good thing that happened is that my mum is coming over to the hostel!!!! I' m soooooo excited!! She's going to stay in the same dorm as me, so we will be roomies:) She's coming in the last week that I'll be in Dublin, secretly to make sure that I'll stay in Dublin for the full 10 weeks;). It makes me really happy to know that my mom will be here and see how it's like for me to live here.
The second good thing is that I've met a reeeeeaaaaally nice girl form Quebec (Canada), Marilou. She's going to stay here for a long time, so this time I won't have to say goodbye to her in a couple of days. Actually I met Marilou earlier, but now we found out that we've got a great connection. I told her how I felt and she said that she would help me get through with it. She's been through the same stuff as me, so it felt good to talk about it with her.
The third wonderfull thing that happened today: The QUEEN visited Dublin today. And she even popped in for a quick visit in our hostel ^^!! Look at the amazing picture above, made by me:) (And no folks, photoshop had nothing to do with it;))
The crazy thing about the queens visit is the enormous amount of Garda marching the street today. There were more 'yellow-jackets' than normal people. The atmosphere was also different. With cops on the rooftops and a helicopter circling above your head the whole ambiance of the city changes. There were a couple of quarrels in Dublin, but nothing serious happened so far. Keep your fingers crossed.
I don't know if you've heard about the security measures they provided for the Queen's visit. The police checked every man-hole and lampposts for hidden bombs. After they checked all the holes they sealed and marked them as checked. The Irish government spent an awful lot of money on security for the 85-year-old Queen.
Most of the Irish people are oblivious of the fact that the Queen arrived today. The only people I spotted cheering on the sidewalk were tourists. The reason behind that is that most Irish people don't care about the Queen. The ones who care though hate the Queen of England. They protested against her visit and were on the street, not cheering but booing at her.
Later on in the week I started to feel even worse. My throat didn't feel good and I started to get a cold. And believe me, feeling ill when you're 800 kilometers away from home doesn't feel that good. All I wanted to do was go to my own bed and let my mother take care of me. I know, this isn't something you will expect from me, whining about going home. So, now I'm only going to write about happy things:)
The first good thing that happened is that my mum is coming over to the hostel!!!! I' m soooooo excited!! She's going to stay in the same dorm as me, so we will be roomies:) She's coming in the last week that I'll be in Dublin, secretly to make sure that I'll stay in Dublin for the full 10 weeks;). It makes me really happy to know that my mom will be here and see how it's like for me to live here.
The second good thing is that I've met a reeeeeaaaaally nice girl form Quebec (Canada), Marilou. She's going to stay here for a long time, so this time I won't have to say goodbye to her in a couple of days. Actually I met Marilou earlier, but now we found out that we've got a great connection. I told her how I felt and she said that she would help me get through with it. She's been through the same stuff as me, so it felt good to talk about it with her.
The third wonderfull thing that happened today: The QUEEN visited Dublin today. And she even popped in for a quick visit in our hostel ^^!! Look at the amazing picture above, made by me:) (And no folks, photoshop had nothing to do with it;))The crazy thing about the queens visit is the enormous amount of Garda marching the street today. There were more 'yellow-jackets' than normal people. The atmosphere was also different. With cops on the rooftops and a helicopter circling above your head the whole ambiance of the city changes. There were a couple of quarrels in Dublin, but nothing serious happened so far. Keep your fingers crossed.
I don't know if you've heard about the security measures they provided for the Queen's visit. The police checked every man-hole and lampposts for hidden bombs. After they checked all the holes they sealed and marked them as checked. The Irish government spent an awful lot of money on security for the 85-year-old Queen.
Most of the Irish people are oblivious of the fact that the Queen arrived today. The only people I spotted cheering on the sidewalk were tourists. The reason behind that is that most Irish people don't care about the Queen. The ones who care though hate the Queen of England. They protested against her visit and were on the street, not cheering but booing at her.
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