Are we human, or are we dancer?

Ireland - 3 nights of revelry and celebration of life, I feel like it wouldn't be an overstatement to declare that it might just have been the best possible way to spend our first port. It is probably also revealing that I was knocked out for 12 hours straight last night. It was also lovely to hear everyone else's stories about their different experiences and watch our ship pulling into and away from the dock, back to a distance where land mass cannot be spotted. What a great thought that this is to be repeated 13 more times before the end of our voyage!

Galway was the perfect place to first step foot on after 8 days of swaying - we all took a while to just revel in the fact that the ground below us was hard, and unmoving. We spent the first day on a walking tour, exploring the charming European architecture of the town, and then leisurely made our way along the Salthill promenade, feeling like hipsters because most of SAS were on day trips out of Galway and we bumped into hardly anyone except when walking down the main pub street. Of course, 500 students is a lot, and we were all reunited barhopping in true irish fashion at night.

Continuing on our avant-garde itinerary, we took a private plane to the Aran Islands the next day, where the only SAS folks we met were faculty. Beautiful plane ride, amazing scenery. We climbed up to the fort, and were delighted that the cliffs there were comparable to the ones at Moher, indeed saving us a trip. Dublin at night was unforgettable as we finally settled into Kitchn after sweet talking our way into the place, then happening upon the best party ever in a pizza parlor just as we were ready to head home.

Electric Picnic was out of this world - just a day spent high on happiness, topped off by seeing the Killers from the second row. Definitely need to go back for another year's picnic.

Was left feeling like we needed at least another week in Ireland, but we topped it off with sweet life music and a last meal in an Irish pub - if 4 days was meant to be a teaser, it succeeded all right.

London tomorrow - unbelievable!