Thursday, July 31, 2008

by Alyssa Reddy and Emily Costello

We are still in Dublin and having a great time. We started our day with a small sleep-in (always good) and had some breakfast at the hostel. Then we had our graduation pin ceremony for all our grade twelves who are leaving. There were plenty of tears flowing around the room, especially finding out that Mrs. Aylward and Mrs Chaytor were doing their last tour also.

But we had a great activity ahead of us so we all walked to the Viking Splash Tour. It was a bus that turned into a boat. We drove around the streets of Dublin and toured a bit of the river. We then walked to Dublin Castle and did a tour of the library. The second part of the day consisted of every chorister's favourite activity - shopping.

After endless hours of shopping and blowing every last cent in our bank accounts, half the group went back to the hostel, and the other half went to the production of Beauty and the Beats. I didn't go but I heard from the choristers that did go it was amazing.

We all continued back to the hostel to continue packing to return home tomorrow. We are all very excited to see everyone.