Day Four (11/15)

Outside my school! Powerscourt National School!

Castle lawn

Part of Dublin Castle

This morning I went to church with my family. Nola in the girls are part of a group at church called the Girls Bergade. It is basically a girls youth group from ages 5-17 where the girls learn about Jesus and play fun games. This morning they enrolled the newest members and preformed some songs for the congregation. When the service was done they had coffee and cookies for everyone after.

Nola's sister, Diane, offered to drive Alicia and I to Einniskerry where my school is. I wanted to know where it was so I wouldn't be late on my first day looking for the school. The town is small, but exactly how you would picture an Ireland town! It has many cute shops like the bakery, butcher shop, pharmacy, etc. And it is surrounded by gorgeous green hills!

My school, Powerscourt National School, is quite small. However, we looked in the windows and I am really excited to be at that school. I think it will be such a great experience, something I will have never done before. I am pumped for my first day tomorrow!

That afternoon, Alicia and I explored the city. We climbed fences, walked in fields, and on the golf course! We actually wondered upon it by accident and almost got hit by a ball! We also went and saw Powerscourt Estate. This is a beautiful stone building with a great cafe, garden, and store.

We got the bus, then got on the DART (train) to go home. I accidentally had us get off at the wrong stopped and we ended up having about 1hour 30min. walk home! Thank goodness Alicia had a map because by the time we got home it was dark out! Opps! The sun starts setting around 4:30pm just like MN.

For dinner tonight I had turkey drumsticks, mashed potatoes, and veggies. When we were done I was able to give my family the gifts I had brought :) After the gifts, we watched the X Factor.