I always want to be where I know I can't go.

In front of the castles door in Malahide.

We started off the day with class from 10a-1p where we had a quiz- it was pretty basic and I got a ten out of ten on it! Then we took the Dart (the local train) north to Malahide to spend some time in their town there. We went on a walk to a local castle there that was beautiful. On the way to the castle though we got a little distracted by a playground we found! Yes, a playgound! And it was seriously the coolest one ever! Hehe. It had a HUGE slide

Lindsay going down the slide at the park in Malahide.

and this really cool contraption thing where you sit on a little disc and slide along a cable.

Fun swinging, cable, contraption thingy! hehe

It probably sounds weird but was so cool! Hehe.

The park was great- it was as though we had all suddenly turned five years old again! We were all joking around that here we were, a bunch of twenty year olds, on their way to a castle but getting distracted by a park instead!

Oh to be five again!

It was fun though to just fool around for a little bit and pretend to be a kid again… Do you remember that guy David who I met at Doyle’s one of our first nights out? Well while I was talking to him that night he mentioned that he had been in Florida and had gone to Disney World. I told him that Disney World was pretty much my favorite place in the world and he asked me why. “Because it’s the only place where you can be five years old again!” I told him. And he asked me why I wanted to be five again. Because life was so simple back then, wasn’t it? He told me he wouldn’t want to be five again, that he liked where he was now- he had a job he loved, owns his own house, life is good. Maybe he’s right; maybe I wouldn’t really want to be five again… there are defiantly a few upsides to being older. But still, every once in a while, it really is nice to get to feel like a kid again!

Well we finally did turn back into grown ups and we made out way to the castle.

A castle at Malahide.

It really was beautiful! I wish we’d been able to take a look inside but it was all closed up for the day.

Yeah no big deal- just me chillin' in front of the castle! hehe

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears... oh my!

We made our way into town after that to grab some dinner at one of the local pubs then took a walk down by the beach. It was a bit of an overcast day though so it almost seemed more depressing than it should have been.

The beach at Malahide.

We were walking along and we saw this little strip of land on the other side of the water and Lindsay looked at it and said she wanted to go there. “I always want to go where I know I can’t,” she said. I think that’s part of the human condition though, I told her. And then I said, “What a great name for a blog!” hehe- so that explains this blog’s title!

Tomorrow we’re heading to Galway for a two-day trip that I’m uber-excited about. The only downside is that the bus leaves at 7am so we have to leave the apartment by 6! Oy, I think the only thing that’s making us all feel better is the thought of sleeping on the bus! Well since I have to be up early tomorrow I guess I’ll cut this blog short!

In front of the castle at Malahide. (L-R: Ellie, Amy, Me, Lindsay, Kelsie, Jahna, Meghan).

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kmr788 on June 12, 2009 from Malahide, Ireland

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