December 13.....

Siden jeg skrev om mine hurleys og den irske national sport hurling så tænkt jeg at det ville være en god ide at skrive om den irske festival i Milwaukee jeg var til.

Min værtsfamilie har irske rødder og de har en tradition hvor de tager til en salgs festival i Milwaukee hvor der er en masse forskellige irske aktiviteter  (går ud fra de var irske aktiviteter).  Man kan få et gratis indgangs armbånd hvis man deltager i et 5 kilometers løb før festivalen. Så det gjorde vi så, gik ikke helt dårligt i forhold til min løbe form ikke var/er den bedste.

Det var en super fed oplevelse at gå rundt omkring boder og scener der var på festivalpladsen. Der var flere scener med musik. Der var en masse mad boder. Der var tovtræk (har dog fået af vide fra en irlænder at det ikke er en stor ting i Irland), det var rigtig sjovt at se. De råbte en hel masse og nogle af dem havde skistøvler på så de bedre kunne stå fast.  Nogle af holdene havde kun mænd, andre havde også kvinder på holdt og så var der nogen med kun piger.

Så var der også et sted hvor man kunne spille lidt hurling, det var den eneste gang jeg spillede hurling mellem den 11 August og 2 dage siden. Det var dejligt lige at få slået lidt. Havde håber jeg kunne købe en hurley på festivalen så jeg kunne spille, men det var der ikke mulighed for. Man kunne dog se hvordan de bliver lavet hvilket var meget interessant.

Jeg købte en hættetrøje (uden, hætte men i samme materiale. Hvad kalder man sådan en?) Den er ret så sej, dog lidt stor men var den mindste størrelse de havde.  Fik også en  T-shirt til at have på til løbet.

Jeg så nogle små børn danse irsk folkedans, de var super gode var vildt imponeret. Brugte godt og vel hele dagen der og var godt og grundig træt da jeg kom hjem. Men en super fed oplevelse.

Undskylder for at jeg er bagud med bloggen, og at der ikke er billeder til mit sidste indlæg og dette. Det er helt utroligt hvad en harry potter maraton kan gøre ved ens søvnrytme. Er nu kommer over trætheden fra weekend, men lektierne har hobet sig op. Bloggen skulle dog gerne få alle indlæg skrevet og billederne op så alt er godt igen den 16 December.

Since I worte about my hurleys and the Irsish national game of hurling yesterday, i thought it would be a good idea to write about Irsih Fest in Milwaukee which I went to.

My hostfamily have Irish roots and it is one of their traditions to go to this festival thing in Milwaukee where there are lots of different Irish activities (at least I assume they are something people in Ireland actually do) If you participate in a 5K run you get a free entrance wristband. So we did that, I didn’t go that bad compared to how bad my running shape was/is.

It was a really cool experience to walk around the festival ground and see the different stands. Listen to the music at the many stages. There was tug of war ( i have been told by an native Irishman that tug of war isn’t a big thing in Ireland) but it sure was big at the festival and a lot of fun to watch. There was a lot of screaming going on. There were al boys team, all girls teams and some mixed teams. Spend quite an amount of time watching it. Some of the people wore skiing boots to stand better.

Then there was a place where you could play a little hurling, only time I played hurling between August 11^th and tow days ago. It felt really good to be able to play a little (very little). I had hoped I was gonna be able to buy a hurley on the festival, but I couldn’t. However I did get to see how they make them, which was really interesting.

I bought a sweatshirt there. It is pretty cool, however a bit to big for me but it was the smallest one they had. I also got a t-shirt from the 5K.

I saw some little kids doing Irish folk dance, they were super good and I was really impressed. We spend most of the day there and when I got home I was so tired. But it was a really cool experience.

Im gonna apologize for the fact that Im running behind on the blog and there were no pictures for my last post and this post. It is unbelievable how much a harry potter marathon can mess with your sleep pattern. Finally not tired anymore, however the homework has piled up.  I do expect to be caught up on the blog which also means pictures for this and the last post, by December 16^th.