Zoo

Well normally i don't do my blog until later but i have a lot to say this time so i'm going to start early. We had waffles and nutella for breakfast and then headed to the zoo. The bus ride was pretty long and we had to go through the ghetto part of dublin. when we got there and got out tickets we seen all the monkeys first. It's a zoo so everyone knows what went on and if you want to see the animals you can look at the pics. We got to see the elephants being fed which was really cool. they went underwater and everything. we also seen the sea lions and penguins and somewhat the rhinos. We then went to phoenix park and it's a really nice area. we seen a huge statue so we went and got pics with it and angela said she thinks there's a person buried there standing up. On our way back we looked and there was a bunch of people standing outside a theatre in Dublin and it said irish premier of hp7 and we didn't think much of it. finally nick said let's go check it out so as soon as we got up the bus started moving so we had to get off at the next one and walk back. after standing there for a bit we heard that 4 stars of the movie were going to be coming so we stayed and waited. Bill Weasley was the first to show up and we had some really annoying spanish girls in front of us. After he showed up i edged my way closer and was in the 2nd row and it was amazing. Luna was the next to show up and then the two twins, Fred and George. I got a super good picture of them and it was AMAZING. It's going to be hard to top that. For dinner tonight we had bacon, eggs, sausage, beans and bread. It was really good and we had a popsicle afterwards. Now we just sitting around. I have a few things about Ireland or just in general that have been annoying me lately so i'm going to rant about them now.

Language
I can't stand it when people can't speak english when they're in an english speaking country. I realize that it's not really their fault and that they could be tourists but it gets really annoying and i don't know how people that live here can stand it. It happens in America as well but since we're in a city setting it just happens a lot more often.

Dressing
At the zoo today 90% of the people were wearing dresses. It's a zoo people. there are smelly animals everywhere and children mostly under the age of 12. who are you trying to impress? there was one girl even sitting on a bench looking into a mirror putting lipstick on. i'm going to be very happy when i get back and everyone else is wearing jeans and a t-shirt just like me. Most guys wear skinny jeans here too and i can't stand it. i can't wait to see a guy with regular jeans were they're pants aren't down to their knees with a t-shirt on and baseball cap. I will miss seeing all the guys dressed up nicely though. you see a lot of people in nice pants and ties and they look very spiffy :)

Smoking
It's amazing to me how many people smoke here. Every stop we got on our tour yesterday people had to get out and smoke and then stand next to the trash can as long as possible to fill their lungs with as much tar and toxic chemicals as possible. they were so eager to sit there and slowly develop lung cancer it amazed me. If you want to give yourself cancer then fine go ahead but i was beyond angry when people were smoking at the zoo. there are little kids everywhere and they have tiny little lungs and no way to speak for themselves. i think those people should be put in jail for life.

On a happier note i'm having a wonderful time here and i can't believe how fast it's going by :)