They're hereee

There is nothing better than visiting with good friends, except maybe when they come to visit you in a different country. We were so lucky this weekend to have Tori (one of my best friend's from school, and freshman year roommate) and her boyfriend Mitch come to Dublin.

Tori and Mitch are studying this semester at Cardiff University in Wales. They have had a much different experience being with a third party abroad program, but they are enjoying their experience. They came to us for the weekend and we tried showing them around the city.

The anticipation leading up to their arrival was positively unbearable, both during the week leading up to it, and the time spent during the night waiting until the moment they would step off the bus. We were all very proud of ourselves though being able to be at the bus stop (after running across four lanes of traffic in order to get to the correct bus stop) for greeting our travelers.

We had given Tori our phone numbers, and were waiting for a call letting us know they had landed, were through immigration, and were maybe even getting on the bus soon, but no such call came. BUT O'Connell Street is so fabulous, and has Free Tourist Wifi, and because of the magicalness of Facebook, we were able to message her (plus her bus had wifi) and find out that they would be there soon.

There is nothing better than giving a good friend a nice long hug I have to say, and there is almost nothing better than catching up with good friends on a Friday night. We all just went out and talked, caught up, and learned the craziness of the Welsh language.

Saturday morning we woke up far too early (9:00 o'clock) and made our way to The old city (just ten or so minuted form our apartments) to the Queen of Tarts for breakfast. We all are very boring though and got juice, coffee and scones-except Nicole, she got some Apple Crumble thing-but it's only because brunch (as in eggs and pancakes) wasn't offered till 11 am. We then showed them around Temple Bar, and some of Dame street before making our way to the Milkshake Bar. So many delicious milkshakes.

We then walked around Trinity, made our way up Grafton Street, walked through St. Stephen's Green and then the Green Shopping Center, and then even made our way down the Liffey quite a ways, and showed them the Harp Bridge (which probably has a real name, but I don't know it off the top of my head ). We walked so far today, but it was fun just showing them our cute little city.

This weekend really wasn't about showing them the city, because there really isn't anything spectacular about the city to see, but they enjoyed seeing some sights. It was just so nice to be with friends and sharing so many laughs.

Saturday night we went out and a fabulous time at dinner, having far too many laughs and making a lot of people in the restaurant stare at us I am sure, but it was so nice. We then set up camp in the living room, watched a great movie, and Skyped some friends back home-too funny!

We then woke up far too early again on Sunday and made our way back to Grafton Street and ate breakfast at a great place we never knew about called Bewley's. We got our pancakes, and hot cocoa, and everything was more funny by the fact that I lost my voice and my laugh was priceless!

We lost track of time though and before we knew it, it was time to bring Tori and Mitch back to the bustop. We said our goodbyes and made sure they made it safely into their seats. We knew this would only be a short goodbye though because we will be heading to Wales in just two weeks, to go visit them!

All in all it was a wonderful weekend with great friends! I wish it wasn't over so soon!!!