Photo above: Beautiful Dublin at dusk.
Photo above: Traditional Irish mealDo you know how no matter where you are in the world you run into Steelers fans? Well, the Emerald Isle is not exempt from that rule.
By now you are well aware that I am the target of our students' fun. As Bill Spangler pointed out, my only ticket out of the dungeon at Bunratty Castle was the chant of the Black and Gold fans. (Even though I looked like I was having a good time down there, it was torture!) In addition to that, we have had other instances of Pittsburgh pride. At the Merry Ploughboys Pub, whenever the lead singer mentioned that we have some folks from Pittsburgh, our section went wild. The Australians and Swedish in the crowd were no match for our cheers. Last night, we went on our literary pub crawl. Despite the rain, we walked for several blocks around the city trying to gather information related to the places and performances for the end-of-tour quiz. On our tour was another group from Seattle. The final question (winner takes home a pub crawl t-shirt) came down to two players (one of our students) versus a woman from Seattle. Even though the woman took home the t-shirt, one of our students respectfully reminded her that things were a lot different in the Super Bowl. ;-)
