No alarms set, you just roll out of bed whenever your body actually feels ready to. Grab the laptop and surf the net a little bit. I would have gone to bed around 7-8pm in the states, so I get to catch up on all the sports highlights and new that happened the past night.
Once I'm done messing around with that, head out to the living room and by then the roommates are all either up or just about there.
Throw on a pair of jeans or sweats...throw on a sweatshirt and you're good for the weather. Haven't had much rain on Saturday mornings which is great. Bit chilly but like I mentioned a sweatshirt does the trick.
Shop Street is the destination. Everybody's out stopping by the cafe or whatnot. We head to the Farmer's Market first which is open only on Saturdays. They have everything here...a butcher, a fishery, fudge, breads, cheeses, apple tart stands, homemade sushi, grilled sausages, cookies, biscuits, crepes, homemade doughnuts...smells great. There's also a bunch of painters, woodworkers, jewelers, handmade clothing and knitted hats...really neat place. I have 3 staple stands that I go to each and every Saturday. First I head to the bagel guy. At this point its about 11-12 in the morning so I'm starving. Normally just get an 'everything' bagel, but he has this special one called a pizza bagel. Not too sure what it is but it has an orange tint to it and is like infused with tomato basil and garlic or something...nonetheless it's amazing. Throw on creme cheese and for 2euro its the best breakfast around.
Take that with me and head to the hummus guy. The hummus, along with different pesto sauces, olives..stuff like that...are all in the wooden buckets on the table. Everything looks so fresh. I pick out whatever kind of hummus I'm feeling for that week...tomato basil...garlic...roasted red pepper and get a tub of that for a few euro. Lastly head to one of the 5 or so fresh fruit and vegetable stands to grab myself a handful of apples for the week.
One of the pieces today said "Everything has a crack...that's how the light gets in"...thought that was pretty good...
After that we all just kind of walk around...run into a few friends from Marquette, Fairfield, BC, Georgetown...see if there are any new stands for today...
But then we head over to Elle's Cafe, which has amazing hot chocolate, coffee and smoothies depending on however we feel. By the time we get there and wait in line, one of us keeps an eye on the tables outside to see if any free up. If they do, we snag it and wait for a few minutes. Just next door there is a gap in all the shops. This is where different street performers will set up throughout the week. They're always out...but Saturdays you see the best acts. In this particular spot next to Elle's, the band Keywest always plays Saturday mornings. They're awesome, and we know to grab a seat before it gets really crowded. Here was the crowd from today...
They play a lot of cover music...Check them out at this youtube link playing Little Lion Man...
After we finish our coffee or hot chocolate or whatever we head to Dunnes, the grocery store right by our apartment and grab whatever we need to get through the weekend. There's a butcher right outside of it that has amazing food. I was still a bit hungry today so I grabbed a sausage roll for 1euro...sooo good.
Now I'm just kind of relaxing...going to do some reading for school and take a look at some powerpoints. We're doing a big dinner tonight for one of the girls birthdays...some pasta with garlic bread and stuffed mushrooms. Looking forward to it.
I think I've solidified all of my trips yesterday. I'm shocked my bank hasn't called home for all these charges for buses and flights around different countries haha. I'm heading to Scotland next weekend and Donegal, Ireland the weekend after that. November 11-15 my roommate here and I are going to Rome. I come back Tuesday night, have all day Wednesday here to rejuvenate, then Thursday morning fly out to Marseille in southern France. I'll be jumping city to city down there for 4 days. Nice, Cannes, Avignon, Aix En Provence, Marseille...check them out on google...I can't wait. The rest of that week is classes, and they end on the 25th. The next week after that we have off, so my Dad's flying in. Real excited for that...probably going to see Cork in Ireland and also a few days in London.
Guess that's all for now, hope alls well.
Cheers.
Luke
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