Hello friends, this week has gone by pretty fast. I have been sick all week so it has been a little rough. just a bad cold is all. This weekend was less traveling than we have done so far, but we are going to Rome tomorrow. We hung out in Dublin on Friday night. Saturday Dana and I toured the area near my house since he had not seen it yet. We went up to kiliney hill but it was so foggy we could not see much. After that we walked down to Dalkey village which was pretty cool. Sunday the weather was pretty aweful. It was cold, rainy, and windy. My host dad Frank wanted to go on a walk to give the dog some exercise despite the weather. He got me some rain boots, water proof pants and jacket and we went on about an hour and a half walk. By walk I mean hike really. We went up to the top of one of the mountains for a good view. The view would have been much greater if it had not been raining. It was good craic though. I learned a lot about bird hunting, and training dogs for it. The path we were walking on was more of a river due to all the rain there has been lately.
Back at the house we watched some quality x factor saturday and sunday night along with a little rugby. Ireland beat South Africa in rugby this weekend which was a huge deal because SA was ranked number two in the world. We ate a big dinner because everybody was home this weekend including jessica who lives in the city. I have done a good bit of sleeping this week trying to get over this sickness before my Rome trip. There was supposed to be another teacher strike tomorrow but I believe they called it off. Tonight my Principle Muriel is taking us all to Johnny Fox's for dinner and a show. Tonight is Irish night at the show so it should be a good one. Muriel says she always takes the Americans there. It is also the highest pub in all of Ireland which is neat.
School has gone well this week. Monday I subbed for the second year class. They were a good class so I didnt have any problems. The teacher left them lots of worksheets to keep them busy. I got to teach the part on crossing the road safely. Tuesday was my big PE day, I had four Pe classes. Unfortunately it was raining so we had to do all the classes in the little PE hall. It is hard to fit all of the older kids into that room for over an hour. Plus it is twice as loud in there. We stuck with soccer for the little kids, and handball for the older ones. Today I had senior infants for pe and they usually just play tag games for a little while. Tomorrow we are off to Rome for our last but not least weekend trip. There is so much to see in Rome so we are going to have to cram in as much as we can each day. We will have about three whole days to see the city. Our goal is to do most of out touring on foot to save a little money. Well I am off to break, I will tell more about the Rome trip next week. Have a good one everybody...cheers