Last night, my flatmate Jordan took me to my first pub "The Washington." It was an experience walking into a pub and ordering a beer for the first time (Murphy's beer by the way). We ended up spending about 45 minutes there talking to Jack, a local student originally from Cork. I guess yesterday was a big day of tests for all Irish students. We talked to him about education in Ireland and about the Irish view of us Americans. He was very friendly and quite funny! He was hard to understand at times too...the Cork accent is quite unique. Then, I met a few more girls, one from Minnesota in fact! (There aren't many guys here...in fact I've only met one other American guy besides Jordan.) Then, I hit the hay and slept until 11:00 this morning, a good 12 hour sleep which was needed!
When I woke up, Katie (from Minnesota) and Kendall (from Maryland) and I walked to UCC campus and saw a few of the buildings. It is a pretty easy walk to campus and the entire campus is gated in so you can't really miss it! Very pretty campus too! We went into the Glucksman Art Gallery and saw some interesting artwork too! After that, we decided to get lunch at a pub for the experience. Ham, cheese, and pineapple panini with fries! Quite pricey though, so I don't think I'll be doing that often. Now, I think I might head out and walk around some more...maybe find a local church or cathedral since some people asked for pictures of the nearest cathedral (that's you Dad). Later, I believe a few of us are just watching a movie and relaxing before a long day of Orientation tomorrow.
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Here are some pictures of the campus and the apartment by request:
Maybe more tonight!
sweet courtyard! and that part about there being not too many men just other women...
ReplyDeleteyour theme here still isn't green like it should be...
also, you look cold. isn't it summer there too?
can you swim in that water?
you didn't say how you liked the beer.
what movie did you watch?
ok. thanks for the info.
really though...there are a lot of women around?
I'm with Ben. Will you be posting pictures of the mentioned abundant women?? Ben sounds pretty interested, maybe you should carry around a picture of him and pass his number onto any interested parties. PS: What time works best for fantasy football draft? PPS: Kelsey says hi! PSS: Christopher says "gaaa goooaa ga, goo." (I think it's gaelic)
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