I feel like I've been starting every post like this, but I really am slacking on the blog posts! I keep meaning to sit down and write, but there just always seems to be something going on. Not a bad thing I suppose! Anyway, life is still brilliant over here in Dublin. All of us on the program have been putting in a lot of long hours at our placements. As I said before my TD is running a campaign, so I've been making a lot of phone calls to constituents about the upcoming election. They all are very confused to hear an American on the end of the line and often make me repeat myself because apparently I'm the one with the strange accent! HAH! I'm slowly catching on to the way the office works. The other girl that works in the office with me is grand and is very curious about the way things are in the states. We've talked about everything from cheesesteaks and neighborhoods in Philadelphia to who I think will win different Senate seats in the upcoming election! It's been an adventure already. After work, most of us are pretty tired. Working 9-6 is a long day! Sometimes we just head home to Rathmines by bus or walking, but occasionally we'll meet up at a bar called O'Donahue's for a few pints with the other business professionals of Dublin. It is always interesting to see the way people react when you're wearing your parliamentary credentials!
On a related note, the political party I work for, Fine Gael, is currently under fire by the people of Ireland. The Prime Minister has made a highly questionable appointment to the Senate and it is turning into a bit of a scandal! I'll try to keep you all posted on this throughout the upcoming week!
On an unrelated note, I've been making some major moves in the area of travel! After the trip to Paris in October a few of us will be travelling to Scotland for the weekend! In November I have two big weekends planned: Prague and Berlin! Finally, two weeks from now I'll be up in Belfast with Arcadia exploring where they film Game of Thrones and where the Titanic was built! I'm so excited to take my adventures across Europe!
From Dublin, With Love.
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