the worst 2 hours of our life...

Hello everyone, or shall i say cheers? hehe. We are in Dublin, it is Sunday night, the 16th. Our lastwas soon after to be the absolute opposite, as far as emotions go. We boarded our cheerful and bubbly selves onto the Dublin Swift...what we thought was a large and fantastic ship that would quickly sail us across to Dublin....swiftly... well, it probably was the longest 2 hours of my life...and i'm sure jackson here would agree. We got on the ship, marveled at the lovely bars and chairs and even our first souvenir shop! Little did we know, we were just in the harbor. Twenty minutes later, after 1/2 pint of cider beer, as well, we were breaking out into a cold sweat, nauseous, and lying out over three chairs. The water was 'a little choppy'....according to the captain....well, mr. captain...we thought it was more than choppy! seeing as most of the people couldn't walk in a straight line and were falling down, it was like a hurricaine or something! I knew it was coming, i started shaking...i grabbed for the conveniently placed white bags on every table...and began throwing up. As I haphazardly threw my stuff at jackie (who really didn't care to watch it, seeing as how sick she was getting), I ran to the bathroom, and continued to try to steady myself in the corner, holding my puke bag (as it is now called) to my face to try to not make a mess....imagine this for 2 hours straight. Continual rocking back and forth, up and down, the heat, the noise...it was absolutely horrific. I knew it wasn't just me, because about 10 minutes after I went back, jackie came running with all of our stuff, threw it next to me, and ran into a stall and proceded to continually 're-see' the rest of her stomach contents for the next 2 hours as well. She had her lovely spot with her head in the sink, while i maintained court in the corner. We just about died when the captain said we were going to be a 1/2 hour late.... post, which was very cheerful and bubbly,





So, when we FINALLY made it to Dublin, we got the nearest bus and then taxi and proceeded to our new friend Shannon's house. We are very thankful to her and her roomates for letting us stay there this weekend, without so much as letting us give them any money! We recovered that Friday night (eating carr's crackers and 7up) and shopped all day Saturday, went to Trinity college, and today, going to this big prison...Kilmainham Gaol (or jail), and then to the Guiness Factory (way cool, and for the piece de resistance... you get a pint of guiness for free in the great bar overlooking Dublin...although it was a waste of a beer for jacks adn I b/c guiness isn't our specialty...). That picture of Jackie with the statue is the famous Molly Malone...there is a little song about her, but, i forgtet it. It has been a sucessful weekend, and we leave tomorrow for our 3 day tour of West and South Ireland in the paddywagon. haha. Again, no more pictures, because we are in an internet cafe and cannot download them here...but, we will put them up when we can! miss everyone!