it's blurry...that's ok!
So what does an All-American girl do for the Fourth of July when she's in Ireland?
Hang out with other Americans and eat cheeseburgers of course!
One of the things I've really liked about our program coordinator EUSA is they always provide us with information about events going on in Dublin. So for the Fourth of July, they told us that Baseball Ireland was hosting a barbeque at Grafton Lounge that we all decided to go to.
I know...Baseball Ireland. Who knew, right?
And to top that off, our program director, Tom Kelley actually plays for Baseball Ireland. Tom is an American, Irish heritage, from Cleveland who now lives in Dublin, and as we have all come to realize does a lot more here than just run EUSA.
He owns property in Temple Bar (the touristy strip of Dublin).
He owns the Dublin pub crawl.
And apparently he plays baseball for Baseball Ireland.
It has become a common joke among us whenever we are out that "oh yeah, Tom Kelley probably runs this place too," because from now on we would not be surprised to find his hands involved in other stuff!
Sheesh...us over-achieving americans....
Anyway, I was sooo excited to go to a bbq! I was imagining pulled pork, potato salad, baked beans, some sweet iced tea!
Mmmm mmm! Charlottesville was gonna come back to me that night!
Only to get there and realize, yeah...Ireland has no concept of what bbq is. When they say barbeque they just meant a backyard grill with burgers and hot dogs.
Oh well...that's ok!
It was still nice to eat yummy cheeseburgers and down a Coca-Cola.
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show em what you're worth
Happy Fourth of July from Ireland y'all!
the only time i would don an obnoxious american outfit abroad - on the fourth of july!
Blog post title - Firework by Katy Perry
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