Why the face?!? aka Dublin, no one likes you pt 2

After lunch is a little blurry (I waited to long to try to recall the hijinxs). I know we went back to the parking garage, then back to the hostel to put our bags in our rooms. We wandered a bit more but Ireland as a whole packs everything but the pubs up after 5. Thus we ended up at a bar, it was nice enough until a guy pushed open the door and let his 3 children run in… the best thing was he didn’t even come in. They each had cups and ran around shouting trick or treat. While they were all in costume, it a bar several nights before Halloween actual so no one had candy. A couple people gave them money before the bar tender wrangled them out back to their father.

Since we had a late lunch we stopped at McDonald’s for an evening kid’s meal. The best thing about Irish McD's is that they look at you like you're a crazy person when you order your burger with katchup and mustard only. The lady that took our order actually had to go back and tell the cook that it wasn't a joke she needed that burger. Eventually we were victorious! Then and after that we went to a grocery and picked up batteries, beverages, and a knife. The knife was only because they didn't sell scissors there are far as we could tell.

We grabbed regular cider, fruit flavored cider, and some Guiness for Mike. Then we headed back to the hostel for a planning session. The room was 4 bunk beds so we could’ve had roommates, but one of the reasons we took the trip when we did is its off season in earnest. Its just as well we were alone in that room. I'd always wondered what the ball looked like in the Guiness cans but I'd always been concerned about messing up a knife. Here I was with a 3 euro knife! Turns out its a plastic ball about the size of a ball used for jacks and it looks like frosted glass.

A guy on our floor who did have a roommate almost killed him. About 4 in the am we were wakened by shouts and clomping of feets. Apparently these two guys were each traveling alone, but ended up being assigned to the same room. Guy A just wanted to sleep and Guy B just wanted to talk to Guy A about how cool Ireland was. I really am surprised there wasn’t more violence, but Guy B was fast and good at running in circles just our of reach.

End Day 2