Rain, rain, rain,
please go away!!! It's been raining off and on every day and when you're not
use to that it can become very worrisome. My day started late, which is good. I
was given the opportunity to sleep in because our tour of Parliament and Google
didn't start until later in the afternoon. Not wanting to waste ANY time,
we decided to head into town to get some more interviews. We intended to visit
only one skate shop but the worker give us directions to others within the area
so we stopped by them as well. Even though skateboarding wasn't my topic, but
my partner's, I've enjoyed her interviews and the shops we get to visit.
One of her
interviewees took the time to show us how to identity counterfeit boards. He
informed us that many companies are now making cheaper boards but charging the
same price to get more profit. I thought it was very interesting how quickly,
once showed, one could spot a "fake" board. I appreciated the
information, there's no telling when I may need to use it. 
Afterwards we ran to
catch the bus to Parliament. Once we got there we were told that photography
was not allowed inside the building due to the nature of what we may see or
witness. Our tour guide gave us a small tour of the building, allowing us to
listen in on a discussion about making citizens in rural areas start paying for
water.
The Irish still hold
President Kennedy in high esteem for one, being the President of the United
States and two, being of Irish decent. The gifts he gifted the country on his
visit are still on display and some of the people that were politicians then
are still alive and can recall all of the many details of Kennedy's visit. It
was also noted how Kennedy's death affected their country. It's amazing that not
only did the United States mourn, but so did others, others like Ireland.
Next we went to
Google. Our tour guides, Miguel and Ishmail (his spelling, not mine) were
young, extremely smart, and cool. They literally gave us a tour of their
building and spoke about how cool it was to work for the company. Miguel was
from Portugal and Ishmail was from London but both migrated to Dublin to work
for Google. The interesting thing was hearing that Google doesn't seek out
computer science majors or those who are coding experts, but people from all
backgrounds that are cool and think outside the box. I plan to apply for a job
and internship once we return to the states, I'd love the opportunity to love
for this company. 