The last few days have been extremely busy, so while I wait for the rain subside here before I head out on the job hunt, I'll take a few minutes to let everyone know what I've been up to.
Sunday was an awesome day! I met up with Jensen and Heppe, who were staying with a local from Dublin, and we kind of bummed around Dublin all day and did a little hiking. The guy that was showing us around was named and Andrew and was probably one of the coolest dudes I have ever met. He was telling us about how he spent 10 months traveling around Africa and other places in the world, and how he is saving up now to take a year off and travel through Asia.
When those guys picked me up on Sunday, Andrew brought us to the "Hollywood Hills" of Dublin, where we got to see Bono's and Enya's homes. Then we went hiking for a few hours and got to see some amazing sites. Later on in the day we played "pitch and putt," which is just like golf, except all you do is pitch and putt. That was a ton of fun. That night then we just hung out at Andrew's home and went to a pub.
Monday morning I walked around a different part of Dublin and applied for some more jobs - still no change in any of the responses. Then Heppe, Jensen and myself went and toured the Guinness factory...that was pretty cool.
Yesterday morning I woke up pretty early and rendezvoused with Heppe and Jensen again so we could go to Howth, a small fishing community outside of Dublin. This place was absolutely amazing, and it was only about a 30 min train ride out of the city for 5 euros round trip. I brought some resumés and handed them out while we were there and then spent a few hours hiking. This hiking was legit. There were no paved sidewalks, just little dirt trails close to the edge of the cliff that gave off some spectacular views. We spent about an hour and half hiking up to the top of the hill, then when we go to the top, we all expected to see something incredibly awesome. Instead, however, it was probably the most anti-climactic thing ever. We got to the top, and all that was there was just a parking lot haha.
So after not deciding what to do, we took a road from the parking lot to find a restaurant to come up with a plan to decide what to do. We then went back to the hill to climb back down. The climb down I think was much better than the hike up. We found a different trail to take down and it gave us even better views than the way up.
After spending around 3 hours hiking around, we came back to Dublin to get some food. We just chilled at my place last night because the two other guys had to leave my place at 530 a.m. this morning to catch their flight back to the states.
It was a huge morale booster hanging out with Heppe and Jensen the past few days, and it will be always something I remember with those two guys. It feels like we have like a hundred stories to share from the time we were all together.
Today I'm going to hit the sidewalks again and apply for a few jobs. I'm going to go to the Irish Times to see if I can volunteer there. I went there about a week ago and they said they didn't need my help at all...not even if they didn't have to pay me. So I think if I go back again today, maybe they will be able to see my dedication and persistence and allow me to be there a few hours a week to do something.
This weekend I am planning on going to Galway and traveling around there for a few days. I think it should be a lot of fun, and I will get to meet some new people.
Talk to everyone real soon, and I will keep the updates about the job search.
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