My Predictions for My Trip to Ireland

My sister and two of our friends and I will soon be heading to Ireland for 10 days, and if it’s going to be anything like recent trips, it’s going to be amazing and pretty crazy. Stories and pictures when I return, but for now, here are some predictions on what I think will happen:

• Bethany will train for her marathon and may actually drag me along with her on a run.
• We will climb both mountains in my hometown: Knocknarea and Ben Bulben. Yes, they’re mountains. Don’t try to tell me they’re just really big hills.
• “The Killers” will be played at least once at every dance club we go to. Maybe twice.
• Frankie’s (my cousin) birthday party will last at least two days.
• I will bust out at least one Jig, and maybe hop in a céilí if we have one at the birthday party.
• It will rain every day at least once.
• I will drink more Lyon’s tea than I have in the last six months. Let’s not even talk about Bacardi.
• Someone will get chatted up by an old man at the pub. My money is on Jenny. He may even propose marriage to her, and he will definitely sing to her. A totally hypothetical situation. It’s never happened to me before…
• I will devour at least five 99’s: ice cream cones with half of a Cadbury’s Flake sticking out of it. Each one will be followed by a Lion Bar, and I will like it. Very much. All will probably be accompanied by a cup of tea.
• At least one guy at the bar will accuse Orlaith and me of not being sisters because “she [Orlaith] has an Irish accent and you don’t.” Orlaith always manages to pick her accent back up when we get there, but I don’t seem to have that skill.