Hi all,
I know that its been a while since I have updated this blog. There simply just doesn't seem to be time to get anything accomplished. In that mindset, I am going to drop straight prose for awhile and let some bulleted points speak for themselves.
This weekend, I traversed the country to the city of Galway on the west coast. Its a nice big-small town. I think it gets a lot of tourists because its the biggest city around. We also went to the Arron Islands (actually just the biggest one Ish Mor) off the coast, one of the last places wher people still speak Irish as a first language. Here's some key highlights. I would like to apolozie to the Arron Islands as I know that I have spelled everything there wrong.
-Ran, I mean sprinted, I mean pushed through a door, to catch a train.
-Listened to traditional Irish music in a pub. Funny because all the locals know the words and the tourists don't
-Went to a club to find that almost all their pop music is the same as ours.
-Stayed in a hostel for the first (and second) time
-Leaned out over a 200-300 foot high cliff
-visited a beehive (that's the picture in the upper right). It's one of the oldest homes in the Arron Islands.
-Was really shocked at how life on Arron really has only gotten a lot of modern convineces in the last 40 years or so. Yet at the same time life expectancy is around 80.
Back in Dublin:
-Had an aweful and grossly overcomplicated move that resulted in getting a much better room.
-Watched the World cup final, surronded by the large numbers of Itialinans who seem to flock to Dublin in the summer.
-Was asked if I had come to Ireland to defect
I am sure more interesting things will follow. Currently, I am really excited to take our tour of Parliment tommorow.
2 comments:
Defect I think not or at least I hope not, But that was cute, The pictures are great, Sorry you had a bad move, But glad you got a better room out of it. It was so very nice to hear from you. Time is probably going fast for you but slow for us that are waiting to hear from you. But continue to have a great time,as I will enjoy it thru you, The pictures are great. Love you much Granma & Granpa
Wow, such fun! Great pics too, what lovely scenery! I really want to hear about this trip from you in person when you get back. Are you taking all digital pics? I hope you've been taking a lot more and that I can bug you to look at them. ;-) Are you keeping any other type of journal? Also, did you say you were taking classes, if so when do they start/how are they going?
Catherine
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