Day 34

Today I met Ryan, someone who would turn a initially short night into another wonderful fun-filled night.  We were on an assignment at Mulligan's pub...I'm serious, we had to write a paragraph on a pub for our Irish Cultural class.  Anyways, it was going to be a one or two drink night until two locals came and sat next to us.  Ryan and his friend, Ben, were friends from work, one a chef and one a bartender.  Between the two of them, you would have one hell of a meal, which I must say is music to our student-living-on-a-budget ears.  Ryan is a well-traveled and educated guy from Northern Ireland whose accent was wonderful to hear after having to interpret the slurred southern accent for so long.  Amazingly enough, I knew it would be a longer night than we expected after he told me he lived in Pittsburgh and was an avid Penguins fan.  The night continued onto another pub where the guys kept our glasses full, sang in our ears, and danced with us in the streets.  The unexpected nights are always the best.