This morning Jordan and I went into Dun Laoghaire to go shopping. After a long bus ride to be able to catch the DART (as usual), we were more than ready to walk around and explore the city. We were planning on making it back by one, but we decided to aim for 2:30 since the traveling bit takes so long.

Tonight we had our pick-a-date for Valentine’s Day. We went to Diva Restaurant down the road for dinner at 4:30. Around 6:30 we had a bus pick us up to drive us downtown to the National Concert Hall. When we got to the concert hall, we were told the location of our seats: in the choir seats behind the orchestra. In other words, everyone in the audience could see us. (Then again, we could see all of them, which was great for people watching.)

^ This is a picture of the program. ^

^ Eric and Ben loved the concert. ^

The concert was so much better than I expected. I knew it was love songs by the likes of Frank Sinatra and the swing era, but I did not think there would be singing along with the songs. This was a pleasant surprise, and the guy who sang had a great voice for the type of music. I now want to buy a Frank Sinatra CD because I can’t get “Come fly with me. Let’s fly, let’s fly away” out of my head.

After the concert, we came back to Greystones, then Elise, Matt, Ben, Andrew, Jared, and I went to the Joker’s to get some chips (in American, that’d be fries). We walked along the coast, listening to the waves of the Irish Sea crash on the beach in the darkness.