October 5th

It was another rainy day in Dublin, and once again the bus was late. We were late again, but still no one seems to care. We visited the hospital's ICU today which has only 9 beds!! They also have a PACU that they use as an ICU overflow of 2 beds. We followed Catriona (pronounced Katrina) who was really nice and smart. Her birthday is Sunday, and so everyone is going to a pub tonight in celebration. The pub is in Rathmines, an area we have yet to visit. We got home after work without a problem, and went to the local pub before heading to Rathmines. We told the bus driver where we were headed (a pub called Roddy Boland's) and he was kind enough to let us know when to get off. I actually was asked my age before we were let in, which is not too uncommon in the USA, but in Dublin it is rare. The drinking age is 18, so I answered that I was 25 and that was that. The pub was really cool, and a college hangout. It was the best pub we have been to, thus far! There were about 20 people rfrom work there, so it was nice to hang out with them. After a great night Lisa, one of the girls who came to the US last year, offered to drive us home. She saved us some $$ since we would have had to take a taxi home. The girls have been a God-send.