On Monday 17th March, was my first ever St. Patrick's Day. I spent the day right here in Sligo. It would have been possible to go to Dublin by bus in the morning and then come back at night, but for some odd reason, the thought of a day in Dublin partying and then a bus ride back to Sligo around 4 am didn't sound that tempting.
There was a small parade in Sligo, with some music (oddly enough, bagpipes, which sounded more Scottish than Irish) and children promoting their sports teams etc. The parade was nice, nothing too extravagant or anything.
Sadly, on the official St. Patrick's Day, very few of the good bars or night clubs were open. On top of that my friend was feeling a bit ill, so we decided not to go out that night. Considering that one of the bars that was open, was one of the worst night clubs in Sligo and the rest most likely were super packed, in all honesty I don't think we missed out on a whole lot.
All in all, St. Patrick's Day was a bit of a disappointment for me. Perhaps my expectations of the day were too high, who knows. But some of the Irish classmates of mine said that sometimes St. Patrick's Day can be worse in Ireland than abroad, for example in America, as weird as it sounds. But oh well, it was still nice to finally get a chance to celebrate the day and to do so in Ireland. And if nothing else, we got to dress up in some of the tacky Ireland accessories! And here's some proof of that:
After the St. Patrick's Day, it was a bit of a slow week. Studying, tai chi, the works. But on Friday, we decided with my friend that we have to start planning for the upcoming trips in Ireland, but also the trips for the 2-week Easter break. And that's exactly what we did. First trip was easy. We decided that the next place to visit here in Ireland for us would be Galway. So we found a nice hostel and in about 1,5 weeks it's Galway calling for 4 days. After that, we started planning for the Easter break. We literally spent hours and hours on checking up hostels, prices on flights, trains, buses, etc. And this is what we came up with: Our trip will take place 10th-28th April and the route will be Sligo-Belfast-Glasgow-Edinburgh-London-Paris-Sligo. So all in all, 5 cities in 2,5 weeks. Could say we are "kinda" excited. Especially when we hadn't even realized that it really is less than 3 weeks till our trip! So now we just wait and buy some things for the trip, such as a smaller suitcase. And planning a some kind of budget for the trip would be quite important too.
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