Today was eventful but an amazing day. I met up with fellow Victory Scholars from DCU and we went downtown to grab a bite to eat and watch the National Gaelic Football game. But before we made it there, we had a few hiccups to say the least. It took us about a half hour to figure out how to get close to the stadium where everyone would be, and then when we finally thought we had it, we made our way. This was our first time taking the Tram in Ireland and we had no idea what we were doing. We asked for help but most of the people around us were just as confused as us. We then just bought a ticket and got on a train we thought would take us to the stadium. Boy were we wrong. We ended up taking the train in the wrong direction for almost an hour until we decided we were heading towards the suburbs and that’s probably not right. We then got off, went across the tracks and headed in the other direction. The train was packed because of all the people headed to watch the game so we were running to find a car that could fit all of us. When we found one Rebecca got on but the train door closed! Sam, Adaysha and I banged on the door and tried to grab Rebecca’s hand before realizing there’s a button that simply opens the door back up. We all then got on the train and laughed about it as everyone laughed with us. That could have been bad! Finally things were going right for us, we had arrived downtown. There were people wearing jerseys and representing their teams so we knew for sure we were in the right place. We got off the train and as soon as the doors closed, I realized my phone was missing! I frantically checked every pocket on me and every pocket in my bag. Nothing. The train had left but we figured we could catch it at the next stop. Adaysha and I started sprinting towards it, and as i’m running everything in my bag flew out because I forgot to close my bag after searching for my phone. I scrambled to pick that up and at that point was ready to cut my losses. Rebecca however was not. She called my phone and LUCKILY, very luckily a nice woman answered and said she had found my phone. She said she saw it fall out my pocket but wasn’t able to exit the train at the time. She got off about two stops away and gave me back my phone. I had never been so happy. It would have been terrible to have to get a whole new phone. Finally we caught a break and we started to walk towards our destination. When we got there it was almost impossible to find somewhere to eat because there were so many people!
In all of our walking we stumbled upon a very nice whole in the wall restaurant. I had a falafel pita and cauliflower and it was AMAZING! Small restaurants are usually the best and very homey. After eating we found a small bar, and watched our first Gaelic Football game. We had no idea what was going on, but it was an experience. Although today almost gave me multiple heart attacks, it was unforgettable and I am thankful for every bit of it.