Ulysses' daughter : Surprise!

Hello everyone!

The end of my week of celebration for my 20th has finally come and unfortunately it's time to get back to college work :(
But this week has been sensational and this only thanks to the friends I made in Dublin and my wonderful flatmates.

On the morning of the 20th November , I woke up at 8.00 am and the apartment looked so empty, even my german roommate who usually never wakes up before 10 had already gone, and I felt like everybody forgot about me.
It was my b-day and nobody waited for me to wake up..that was a little disappointing. I was finishing to get myself ready and I suddenly noticed that Carlotta and I would have been probably really late for our lecture and I didn't understand why she didn't come to drag away me from my bedroom to the class yet; so I decided to run into her room.
I opened her door and suddenly "HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!" my flatmates screamed surrounded by balloons and banners.
I think I have never been that shocked in my entire life, it was seriously something of unexpected, I totally thought that they forgot about my birthday and then they were holding a little cake full of candles smiling at me, hugging me, I cannot describe how I felt in that moment, I was totally overwhelmed especially when they gave me a box.
When I opened my gift, it was full of beautiful and funny presents. I thought I was done with presents when they told me " there's another little thing down there".
At the bottom of the box there was an envelope, I opened it thinking that it was just their b-day card, but inside of that there was a concert ticket to go watching - Two Door Cinema Club- when I start to recognize from the almost transparent pinky film which was wrapping it, what that could be, I started with an escalation of - oh my god, Oh my God, OH MY GOOOOOOOD!!!" haha I think they never saw me that excited, because I am usually a very calm person; I mean very italian in my reactions but very calm for an italian, so I usually never explode in big demonstration of excitement, but that was too much.
I couldn't believe they planned everything in details since weeks and they paid so much attention that I didn't suspect everything.
Now I know why every time I was bringing up a conversation about Two Door Cinema Club everybody was just changing the subject, it wasn't because they didn't care but because they cared too much!

After the surprise I went all the day at uni wearing my paper crown that in the evening got replaced vy a prettier pink plastic one which glows in the dark, very useful when we got back home after the club that night and we weren't able to switch on the light :)
The day was absolutely fantastic! We had dinner in my favorite place ever in Dublin to eat which is in the basement of Fallon and Byrne (a famous grocery shop selling international food near George Street) and it is a wine restaurant ( they match every delicious dish with a particular wine) the food experience was similar to the one in Tuscany or in France, in Burgundy.

Later we went drinking in Pygmalion, one of my fav pubs in Dublin and after we went partying in Lost Society , a club next to Power's Court which I love, my friends and I partied like crazy till there were no more people on the dance-floor and basically in the club.
There was something magic about that night maybe it was because I was in Dublin, one of the most charming city in the world; maybe it was because I was with amazing people, maybe because I was wearing a glowing crown, maybe because I had few drinks, maybe all of these elements together made my b-day very special and honestly unforgettable.
But more unforgettable are the people that made that day so fantastic; it is incredible how people that you have known for so little can get so attached and become like a family to you, showing you so much kindness and affection, being always there for you any time, listening carefully to you also when you don't talk.

Here some shots from my b-day: