"home" again!

So after settling down in my Dublin hostel, and having a much-needed conversation with my mother, I was feeling relieved to be in a somewhat familiar and safe place. There was loud music playing just outside our window, so a girl and I went to go check it out - it was a small pub just around the corner, with a live band playing right in the middle of the pub. We got a beer, and almost instantly befriended a group of girls from Boston who had just come from North Ireland. They were visiting a friend who lived in a small town with just a store, a gas station, and a pub - they had a lot of great stories to tell about local Irish life! They also had some great pictures as well - I hope that I will be able to do some small town traveling - I see all the unique and tiny shops and houses along on my bus rides, and wish I could stop to explore! Anyways, the pub was great. I even got to try my hand in a little Irish dancing and a lot of Irish folk-song singing (the Boston girls already knew most of them - there are not many to learn I am told!).
The next day I had myself a rather large breakfast, and the walked it off by visiting the James Joyce museum. It was rather small, but I just finished an English course where we read his works, so it was really interesting. His life long love actually came from Galway and in her old house, their love letters are stored and on display - I will have to check that out!
I look an afternoon bus back to Galway, and I actually had a funny experience on the bus. This might sound weird, but at one point in my bus ride, I realized that for the first time since I have left I was not planning and thinking about what was in my future, but I was also not even thinking about past memories and people - I was just completely in the present - and totally comfortable! Right at that moment on the bus I felt that everything was going to be ok! and right when I walked in, the place was packed! There are so many foreigners getting ready for tomorrow's orientation! Right now I am sitting in the main area, and there are like a ton of people all around me with their computers, looking up information for tomorrows day! I have been doing a little research on what I want, but of course my blog takes priority! Maybe I should get back to work! I'll keep you updated on tomorrows events!

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