This morning we woke up and started our day with an Irish breakfast at our hotel. An Irish breakfast is basically an American breakfast, but with more meat and better toast. After our breakfast we went on a bus tour around Dublin. Our tour guide Collin was a cute, old man who enjoyed singing Irish tunes to us. Our first stop was the Dublin Castle, which was built in the early 1200s.
Then we went around and saw cute old 18th century houses. Our next stop was Pheonix Park, which is the largest city park in the world. There, we saw where Pope John Paul II gave a mass and nearly one million people attended.
The best stop of the tour was the Guiness factory. We saw all the steps on how to make Guiness beer. Then we all became specialists on how to pour the perfect beer and recieved a certificate proving our excellence.
Cheers in Irish is slainte!!!
Then we went to O'Neil's pub to enjoy another Irish meal. After that the let us go shopping on Grafton Street. Which reminded some of us of NYC except a lot cleaner looking.
After shopping we chilled at the hotel for a bit and got ready for our game against the UCD (University College Dublin) Wave. This wasn't a college team it was a combination of women from ages 16-32 and most have played on national teams. Unfortunately, we lost. But after the game we joined them for a delicious dinner of lasagna and salad. At dinner we learned that one of the girls has played with Abby Wabach!!
This picture is of our team and the Ireland team.
This blog post is dedicated to Chandler the birthday girl!!!!! We love you!!!
Written by Sarah and Addie
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