One Year in Éire

Here it is, as promised a re-cap of my year!

Wow. I don't know how a year a went by so fast! It feels like just the other day I was wandering around Dublin wide-eyed and often lost. Now some people actually mistake me for a native. It is hard for me to some up a whole year in one little post. I moved here on a whim, hoping that it would work out but not really sure what would happen and if I could make it for a whole year far from home. But I did it and it was great!

Since arriving in Ireland I have:
-survived a cold winter with snow
-survived the rain in general (hey I'm from the desert)
-survived floods
-survived a nearby shooting/horse stampede
-visited Kildare, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Galway, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Meath, Leitrim and Antrim.
-visited Wales, Spain and the Canary Islands
-walked the footsteps of James Joyce
-worked in the Dublin Fringe Festival and the Dublin Theatre Festival
-was in an all female production of Hamlet
-learned that I love tulips and eggs benedict (not together)
-learned a tiny bit of Irish
-learned to love and how to make a full Irish breakfast
-call fries chips and potato chips crisps-and eat my chips with vinegar
-developed a tiny bit of a weird quasi Irish accent
-had more than my fair share of whiskey and guinness
-celebrated St. Patrick's Day and Arthur's Day (and Thanksgiving)
-worked with 2 community drama groups
-climbed the Sugar Loaf and did the Bray Cliff Walk
-saw the all Ireland rugby team play England
-saw an equestrian show at the Royal Dublin Society

While I was in Ireland:

-Queen Elizabeth II came to town

-So did President Obama-Prince William married Kate Middleton
-Osama and Gadaffi were killed
-Egypt had a revolution
-Libya is in civil war
-a massive tsunami and earthquake hit Japan
-major floods in Thailand
-tragic terrorist attacks in Norway
-massive government bailouts in the U.S. and Europe bring us to the Occupy Wall Street movement -which is still currently going on and has had many similar movements here and in Europe.

So as you can see it has bee an amazing year full of new experiences and so I have decided to stay here for another year to see what other exciting things might happen!

Thank you all for reading for a whole year, I have really enjoyed writing this and as I look back on all my posts I am glad that I have some of my ramblings written down and that I was able to share them with others.

The big question is should I continue writing this blog? What do you think?

Slainte!