Monday, June 20, 2011

Sheep, internships and old paper

I am really bad at this whole blogging thing.  I waited so long between posts that it seems hard to write everything that happened. I guess I should start with my internship.

The place I am interning at is the Origin and Urban Retreat Galleries, two different galleries in Dublin owned by the same women.  They are partnered with the Cill Rialiag artist retreat in county Kerry. I went in on Wednesday for my interview expecting to start on Monday but ended up starting that night at the opening of a new show at the Urban Retreat gallery! I then worked Thursday and Friday all day.  It was cool and I like the work I do but it was really exhausting because I would get up for work at 7 and then after work go out with my friends who didn't start yet and end up not getting home until midnight.  I didnt want to seem antisocial by not going out.  I think things will be a lot easier now though that everyone is working.

On Saturday I was up bright and early and joined a group of friends in exploring the area around Dublin.  We took the train from Dublin down to Bray.  We heard of this fantastic waterfall near Bray that was not to be missed but was a "bit of a walk".  Apparently hear a bit of  a walk is 9 Kilometers, uphill.  But the waterfall really was gorgeous and we made it there in a nice break between the rain so we were able to get some great pictures.  The walk up was gorgeous as well.  This was when I really got to see the rolling green hills of Ireland.  I also got to see a lot of sheep so that made me very happy!

We then hopped on and off the train at different small towns along the cost.  We sometimes only saw the beach and other times explored the city more.  I know there are a few places I really want to go back to and explore some more!

Today I went to Dublin Castle and the Chester Beatty Library.  The library was simply amazing.  There was papyrus scrolls from 150 AD with the gospel written on it.  It was so beautiful.  The fact that these artifacts could survive for nearly 2,000 years is mind blowing. It is hard to describe what I saw there because history that old seems much more like fairy tale than reality.  To see the real paper with words written on it by someone from that log ago makes you feel very small.

I am back to work tomorrow.  There will be four people in the office which seems a bit cramped for the already small two person area so I wonder how it will all work out. Guess I will find out tomorrow!

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