Natalie's Visit to Dublin.

Whew. What a weekend it's been. I think I did more this weekend than I have since the first week I arrived in Dublin. This weekend was much anticipated because Natalie, one of my very best friend's from Elon, who happens to be studying abroad in London, was coming to visit. I took the bus to the airport on Thursday afternoon and anxiously awaited her arrival. It was like Christmas. We ran to eachother when she came out of the baggage claim. And then I cried. A sweet reunion it was.

After heading back into the city, we quickly dropped her stuff off, breathed for a second in my apartment and then we were off to explore the city. It was exciting for me to be able to show her my life in Dublin and to feel so confident as I navigated us around the city. I was also pumped about getting to do some of the tourist-y things I hadn't done yet.

We visited Christ Church Cathedral and then headed to a place called Queen of Tarts. Below is a picture of the masterpiece of an apple crisp that I indulged in. Yum.

We met up with Becca, who is friends with Courtney, another London-er who was visiting, and walked around Trinity College, St. Stephen's Green, and Grafton Street. We later headed to dinner, rested, and then a group of us went to Copper Face Jack's which is one of our favorite bars/clubs. It was definitely a hilarious and very fun evening. Below is a picture of Becca, Courtney, Natalie, and I in St. Stephen's Green Park.

On Friday, we slept in and had a late brunch at a cafe called Lemon that makes delicious crepes. Afterwards we just walked around some more and made our way back to the apartment. For dinner Nat and I went to this restaurant called "The Church," which is a church built in the 18th century that was converted into a bar/restaurant/club. It's really cool inside and we felt like real adults as we dined in such a classy place. Afterwards, we saw the movie "He's Just Not that Into You" and laughed so much. It's really good, you should definitely see it.

On Saturday, we slept in again and ate more crepes (I love crepes.) and then headed to the Guiness Factory. I'm not a big fan of beer, let alone Guiness, so I wasn't really planning on going to the factory, but we did, and I'm really glad. It was interesting to see how it was made, and also the view of Dublin from the Gravity Bar was awesome. Definitely worth seeing.

Later that day, we headed out for an early dinner to watch the Ireland vs. England rugby match. Ireland won. And we had a great dinner. We then did a little pub hopping, just so I could show her all of my favorite places. We got to see a few bands, and met some really fun new friends. We had a really great night and laughed and danced so much.

Sadly, today was Nat's last day in Dublin, but a great one it was. First of all, I found 50 euro. Seriously. Just laying on a bridge we crossed. I wasn't mad about that. We then discovered a great park that I had never been to, and also saw a super model. Yes. A super model. We were in the store Top Shop and Nat (who knows quite a lot about celebrities) noticed a girl she had seen on celebrity gossip websites. Her name is Agyness Deyn, and apparently she is England's up and coming super model. Natalie talked to her and I took a picture of them together. I had no idea who she was, but it was still cool. We then laughed at the fact that Nat said to her, "This is random...but are you a SUPER model?" Haha. And then we saw a double rainbow. Basically, today was awesome. Except that Nat left. But we really had such a great weekend together and I'm so excited to see her life in London in April.