My last weekend was amazing. I took the train to Sligo where I was going to meet Emily and Michelle. They both drove up there earlier in the day. I decided to take the train to give myself a different experience and a break from the buses. It was really wonder. I ended up making small talk with a man who lived just outside of Sligo but often came to Dublin during the week to do work. He told me about how he volunteered at the homeless shelter in city on his nights off. We talked music and politics. He shared with me cool stories about different cultural things. It made the three hour trip very enjoyable even though we really didn't start talking till about half way through.
Once at Sligo Michelle and Emily picked me up at the train station and we made our way to Emily's parents house. Sligo is beautiful! We made a quick stop to see her sister and say hi. We picked up a few things at the store headed on. Emily's family was so amazing and so welcoming. It's a super cute place just out town that her parents build when she was young. That night they had a amazing dinner with her family and her sisters. After we all sat around and talked late into the night. The next day, after an amazing fry made by Emily's Mom, the girls took me to see the sights. First we went to W.B. Yeats grave. We stopped and had tea and just enjoyed our morning.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1860
We then made our way to a waterfall and checked it out. It was gorgeous. http://www.sligozone.net/GlencarWaterfall.htm
We made our way to the other side of town into the country to check out the beach. The tide was in so we stayed up and just kind of looked around. Emily then took me to a place called Hangman’s Hole. It was so amazing. The views in Ireland still blow my mind. We then went back up the way to Emily’s but went up the hill where you could see all along the coast and see the mounts surround it all. I also got to see a real hermits village with was really cool because I did not know they were real groups with their own spiritual practices. We then made our way back to the house for dinner. We had an amazing meal again and decided to ditch out plans to go out in the evening as we were all pretty tired and feeling a bit poor. Instead we stayed in, went through her Mom's wedding pictures, pictures of Emily and her sisters when they were young, and played a rousing game of Cluedo.. Which is Clue back home. 
Sunday we got up again and made our way to the beach to have lunch in a pub with a hatched roof. It was really nice and the food was lovely. Emily braved the wind and cold to get me some real Irish sand and we made our way back into Sligo. We got to the train station and we said out last goodbyes. It was super sad because I have no idea when and if I am going to see these girls again. They have been so amazing to me throughout my whole stay and I value their friendship so much. It was a really amazing last weekend but I am starting to get very glad that my trip is almost ending.
On the train ride home it was so beautiful. I am starting to feel a bit run down through and not sure if it the after effect of trying to heal from my tattoo, a really busy weekend, getting sad it's almost the end, or my body is just pushing it's self through these last 5 busy weeks and is starting to let go a bit. Whatever it is I know I need to make it through this last one and hopefully in a few weeks from then will have time to rest.
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