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Blogmas Day 1 | Christmas Tag

Hello Lovelies!

So I've decided to start doing blogmas! I'm going to try and blog everyday in December and well, I'm already a day behind but let's forget about that...

Today I'm going to do the Christmas Tag, I haven't been tagged to do this but I found it online so here goes;

1. What is your favourite christmas film?

My favourite christmas film is Elf, it always has been and always will be. It's a little tradition in my family to watch it through December.

2. Have you ever had a white christmas?

I don't think that I ever have, we've had snow around Christmas Day but never actually on christmas.

3. Where do you usually spend your holiday?

Usually during christmas I'm at home on Christmas with my family but, it'd like to be abroad for christmas sometime like in America or something.

4. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?

No not normally, sometimes my mum does silly little gifts for us but, normally, no.

5. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?

I'm not even going to attempt this because I'll screw it up :)

6. What holiday traditions are you looking forward to this year?

This probably sounds super weird but every year I have to share a room with my brother and we always have since we were young so, it's a little tradition that we've got into. It's a good laugh so I'm looking forward to that this year.

7. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

99% of the time our trees are real but some years we have fake ones. This year we're getting a real one which I'm looking forward to.

8. What is your all-time favourite holiday food/sweet treat?

I really dislike Chrismas pudding. I don't know why or how I just do but, I love love love mince pies so I'll just have a plate full of those, yep.

9. Be honest: do you like giving gifts or recieveing gifts better?

Everyone loves getting gifts but, I love seeing someone's face when they open up a present I've given them that they like.

10. What is the best Christmas gift that you've ever received?

I think the best preset I've ever been given was my record player last year. I love it so much and still am so grateful to my parents for it, nothing beats listening to the crackle of a old vinyl.

11. What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season?

For me, it'd probably be either New York or Australia, they'd both be pretty cool places to spend Christmas.

12. Are you a pro-present wrapper or do you fail miserably?

I'm kin of inbetween I think, I'm not amazingly good at wrapping but I'm not truly awful either.

13. Most memorable holiday moment?

One year, my brother and I both woke up super earl on Christmas Day so we stayed awake for a few hours watching films, one of them being Despicable Me and I think I'll always remember that morning.

14. What made you realise the truth about Santa?

I'm not actually too sure, I guess that I just kind of grew out of the idea as I got older. Nothing major happened I don't think.

15. Do you make New Years Resolutions? Do you stick to them

Yes, I do make resolutions and I always try to stick by them as best as I can but I guess that it doesn't always pan out that way.

16. What makes the holidays special for you?

I think it's just the whole overall experience of Christmas. I love the fact that I get to spend time with family and friends. For me that's the important part about Christmas :)

I tag Demi-Lee to do this tag, hope you enjoy it!

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The Most Beautiful Thing I've Heard

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Dublin 2014

Hello Lovelies!

Last Tuesday, some of the language students and I travelled to Ireland to do some work which would help with our studies (and some which wouldn't)!

The first day (Tuesday 11th) was mostly travelling and settling in to our hostel. We stayed in the Generator hostel which was very well laid out and structured. We caught a Ryanair flight to Dublin at 9:40 meaning that I had to be at college for 6 and awake at 4:30! Again, this was a very early start:(

That evening we went to a pub which claims to be the oldest in Ireland for a evening of storytelling and folklore. It also included a meal which was extremely good, I had chicken caesar salad, beef and guinness stew and chocolate fudge cake, yum. Lots of different stories we're told about legends and myths in Ireland, including ones about fairies. There was also some music which we all epically failed at clapping in time to. We were in hysterics by the end of the evening!

The next day (Wednesday 12th) we had a tour of Kilmainham Jail and the Guinness Factory. Both of these we're very interesting to learn about. The weather was truly awful on Wednesday and a half hour walk to the Guinness Factory in torrential rain wasn't really my cup of tea!

After both these tours, myself and a few others headed back to the hostel to get cleaned up a little. We then headed downstairs where a few of us (Kirstie, Jordan, Rob, Adam and I) got a late lunch and played a little bit of poole. We then walked into the town to Penny's which is the Irish version of Primark, we mucked around in there for a little while picking out clothes for each other and a fluorescent hoodie for Rob. On the way to Penny's we also found Connor and bought him with us. We were meeting everyone at TGI Fridays for dinner (it was Adam's birthday) so headed there next.

Dinner at TGI's with everyone was really great and we had a few good laughs as well. After this, a few people in the group headed back to the hostel while our little group (minus Adam and plus Frankie and Meg) walked to the shop down the road from the hostel. Meg bought some really gross milk and we picked up a few things for Adam as a birthday present (you guys know what I'm talking about;)) We walked back to the hostel and chilled in everyone else's rooms for a while and gave Adam his present. We went to bed around 12:30am.

On our last full day of the trip, (Thursday 13th) we did more language based activities. We went to the National Library and the James Joyce Centre both of which we're very interesting. The building in which the James Joyce Centre is beautiful and very very pretty! These took up the majority of the day but in the afternoon Kirsite, Connor and I wandered around the town for a little while and found a shortcut back to the hostel which we were very proud of. That evening we went to the pizza place across the road which had huge pizzas (16inch!) that we're very tasty. This was 100% a good meal! Kirstie and I also went to the food market across the road and got a bit over excited. We got so much good for only €20! That evening, we went and saw Dara O'Briain perform who was extremely funny. I was in tears of laughter at one point it was that hilarious! This was a highlight of the trip for me.

The final day was again mostly travelling. Unlucky for us, there was a accident on the M25 and M3 meaning that we had to use a different route home. What was supposed to take 1hr 30min - 2hr took 2hrs 30min nearly 3hrs. I was knackered by the time I got home!

But, overall I had a brill time out in Dublin, thankyou to everyone who made is memorable and to Rob for organising it all for us! I met some new people and got to know some better, all of them are fabulous!