Halloween

Hey! It's so long since we updated this but I couldn't pass up the chance to tell you about our Halloween night! We went out into town to Messrs Maguires (pub) and met Emer and Marsha. Then about 11.30 we left and went to a house party thrown by a friend of Marshas. We had a great night and our costumes were good. I was a Las Vegas showgirl and Brad was from Battlestar Galactica. He made it himself by stitching on the official patches he got online.

Hey so we have a bit of news cause we haven't updated our blog in a bit. We had Aaron over to stay with us last weekend. It was great we did the Viking splash tour which was cool, and we went to the phoenix park for a walk and a picnic. We went out with my friends to celebrate my birthday and it was fun all round! Then Aaron left us to return to London. We didn't do much this week as I was working nearly every day but today (Sunday) we bought a L.C.D. T.V. Its great we're watching Top Gear on the big screen like we used to!
Did the Viking Splash Tour of Dublin. Its a tour on an old amphibious bus that gives you a bit of a viking history of Dublin while you drive around wearing viking hats and giving viking cheers out to passers by. The bus then goes into the canal and does a quick lap before returning to dry land.

Aimee's birthday

Hello everyone Aimee here. I had my birthday on Saturday and I just want to say thank you for the texts and cards. Thanks Helen for the lovely presents too! Brad and I didn't get up to much we went up to the shopping centre and I bought a watch with my birthday money. Then on Saturday night we went out for dinner in Terrenure village to Vermillion (a fantastic Indian restaurant). It was great we had lots of lovely food and we were so full by the time we left! We are going out with our friends this Saturday and Aaron is staying with us this weekend so it should be great!

Festival time

Hello everyone. We have had a fun week. Last tuesday we went to Kilmainham gaol. This was where many political prisoners were held during the british rule in Ireland, the prison was an old victorian gaol first and the cells are tiny and dark. The guide was very good and knew a lot about the gaol. We saw where Irish patriots were executed by firing squad after the 1916 easter rising. It was very interesting.
Yesterday we went to Oxegan(a 3 day music festival held outside Dublin). We had gotten free VIP tickets off my friend Steven who works for the band "The Killers", it was so cool! We got to see lots of acts a few up and coming ones and a few more well known like Katy Perry, The Killers and The ting tings. We had a good day even though the rain was falling and the ground was really mucky!
I'll just add that Lady Gaga was rubbish and not only couldn't sing, but didn't really sing at all. She also went through 3 outfits which is kinda stupid in a festival. Mucky really means the place was a field of mud and thankfully I had wellies on. Other bands were great though and even though it poured rain a couple of times, most of the day was great.
I've also been offered a job with a graduation photography company commencing around September which should be good.

Dublin zoo

Hello! So this week has been quiet. I've been working away and Brad went on another fishing trip. We went to the zoo on tuesday and that was good. It was a bit hot so some of the animals were just flaked in the sun but some were also very funny like the sealions (there is a 2 week old baby sealion) and we really liked the hippo's swiming to keep cool. The red panda's were great too!
Most of the animals were in hiding which was a shame. Especially the big cats. Did like the Red Pandas though and we were able to get a better look than you get at melbourne zoo. Had another fishing trip this week, this time just fishing off the beach.

Powerscourt

Hello everyone. Last week we went on a little day trip to visit Powerscourt waterfall and gardens in county Wicklow. It was beautiful we had a lovely picnic beside the waterfall and then went for a walk around the gardens exploring the Japanese gardens and the pet cemetary. It was a lovely day. The weather has been so good lately, we are even thinking of going to the seaside if its nice tomorrow.
I went fishing out on the bay on thursday and caught a little fish. We (Timo, Andy, Colman, Robert and Gav) hired a small boat for the afternoon and had a good time.

Newgrange

Last Tuesday we took a day trip to Knowth and Newgrange. They're about an hour to the north of Dublin and are Passage tombs built on hilltops that pre-date the pyramids by about 500 years and stonehenge by 1000 years.
The passage that runs through Newgrange was designed so that during the winter solstace (the shortest day of the year) the passage would be in perfect alignment with the rising of the sun and the inner chamber, which is normally pitch black, is fully illuminated by sunlight.
The outside of the tombs are surrounded by huge rocks that have come from as far as 80km away and are carved with neolithic art (new stone age).
Newgrange is actually the oldest surviving man made structure on earth.