We finally made it back to Salt Lake City after a very long day of travel and a slightly delayed flight out of Dublin to Chicago. Everyone in our group made it back in one piece, thankfully, and so did our luggage! Hooray!
Our last night in Dublin was a fun one! Morgan and I went with John and Kagen to see a real session on Thursday night, and it was amazing! The night we were supposed to see one in Limerick, it wasn't happening, and then Chris took us to a pub in Galway that was supposed to have one, but instead we caught the tail end of a wake...not quite what we were looking for (that night I was spilled upon by what I'm told was cider...eew).
BUT, this session was fantastic! Two flutes, a fiddle, an accordion, a guitar, and two mandolins were playing...there were a couple of times they brought out a tin whistle, one woman almost played the uileann pipes, and there was a balladier (sp?) as well! When we had to go, John and Kagen wanted to take a picture with the woman who sang, and they said we were singers from the US, and the musicians essentially forced us to sing right there...we ended up singing one verse of Amazing Grace and then they wanted something "American Gospel" and the first thing we could think of that we knew was "Wade in the Water". What a fun experience, the Irish music was great, and it deepened my love/appreciation of it!!!
As amazing as Ireland was, it's nice to be sitting in my own bed and ready to sleep in Salt Lake again! I'm looking forward to sleeping in and doing nothing but unpacking tomorrow!
"As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters face the right way for you" :)
glad you guys made it back safe...and with luggage too! :) It was a great trip, made even better with fantastic roomates. Thanks!
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