Thursday, July 17, 2008

shamrocks, sheepies, and shanagans: a weekend in irleand

so, i feel like every time I write in this blog, I have to begin with an apology: I am sorry I suck at updates. I do well with the picture uploading, the facebook-album-making, the keeping up with the parents (talk to them about every day), but for some reason I do not blog. I am so so sorry to whoever is hanging on my every word, craving more- right. ;)

anyway, we spent last weekend in galway, ireland.

amazing.

breathtaking.

words don't do it justice (pictures don't either). it's amazing to me that places like this do really exist- there are in fact huge cliffs, that fall into vast ocean, surrounded by rolling hills, divided by stone fences, housing fluffy, white sheep. i mean, come one. that's not real. and yet, it totally is. i promise- i saw it with my own eyes. mom told me it would be that way- but i can't even described the experience when we pulled up to the cliffs of mohr. you just have to go. wow. we also ran into some of our "buddies"-group 2 mates. way fun. also something unexpected was the price- we paid $20 for our first night's meal, and $14 for our second. ouch. oh well, best spend the money while i'm over here. :)

it was also our first hostel experience, and a quite successful one, i must say. one of our roommates was actually really awesome, and we hung out with her (a new yorker) on our last day, talking about ireland, the states, and our experiences. i didn't ask her if she was a yankee fan- that might have changed my opinion of her a little (however, as i understand it, we cardinal fans don't have much to brag about right now either). it was really great.

another one of my favorite parts of the weekend (not the 11 hour transport, not so much fun) was hanging out at an irish pub, jamming to some irish music with the not-so-locals. it was all really alot of fun. lots of merry (and slightly intoxicated) people attempting to jig and just having a really good time in general.

scottland this weekend- send some prayers our way that it won't be cold and rainy the ENTIRE weekend- ;)

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