papers, papers, papers

Mom and Carly's visit was great! We went to Galway, explored Limerick City (they loved the Milk Market, which is my favorite part of saturday mornings) went to Cork and Blarney Castle. We lucked out and had reasonable weather for all the days, exceptional weather on sunday for cork and Blarney. I loved having them here-although it was too short a visit! Now it's on to final exams. My last paper is due monday, followed by my only two written exams the following week... Emmy and Meghan leave May 13th and 18th... then I am here until June 14th. :) any suggestions as to where to travel, I would happily accept! I'm heading to Holland for a few days, and checking out more places in Ireland that I have yet to see.. then it's home for the rest of summer and Keene in the fall, in an apartment with Max, Meghan and Emmy... should be fun! haha
love and miss you all!

Cheers!

Easter Break, Mom's here!

Scotland and England... quite the Easter break! we spent sunday night thru wednesday in Edinburgh, literally across the street from the Edinburgh Castle... we then took our night flight to london, checked in to the sketchiest hostel at 2 am and promptly checked out the next day! We of course did all the touristy things, double decker bus tour, Tower of London, even the London Aquarium! we also enjoyed some comfort of home in Edinburgh at TGIFridays, and in London at The Hard Rock. :) It was great. we took a million pictures, and all though not everything went the way we planned, it was really a great trip. Just be carful, fellow americans, the Great British Pound is equivalent to $1.75! Mom and Carly arrive tomorrow morning, I CAN'T WAIT! we'll let you know how it goes :)

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Paddy's day and Birthday shenanigans

The last 2 weeks have been nuts! Deadlines are looming, Birthday's were had... it was great. First, my week with Heather was awesome, it was so cool to show someone from home around, for them to see what i'm talking about over skype, and actually live in my apartment with me for a few days. of course, it was too short, i wish she could be here for ever but spending paddy's day with heather was so fun. We saw the parade, ate some irish food, pub crawled...perfect. Followed by and insane night in Cavan with the O'Reilly clan, i can't even describe how much fun that was! catching up with family and meeting so much of Genevieve's, i had a blast! wrapping up the craziness with my 20th, i had a nice relaxing day and the girls made me dinner and cake and took me out at night, also awesome :) This weekend is dedicated to actually getting work done so no traveling for me, but very soon we will be spending about 9 days in Scotland and England! can't wait!

love and miss you all! <3

Update...

Well I suppose an update is in order... since Blarney we've seen Galway, The Burren and Aillwee Caves, more of Limerick including St. Johns Castle and are heading to the ring of kerry this weekend. Heather is coming on monday to spend her spring break here (Yea!) and St. Paddys in Dublin, and then on the 18th I'm heading up to a crazy party with the O'Reilly clan. Followed by my 20th on the 20th then our easter break which includes 10 days of Scotland and England the first week of April. So many more trips to plan, time here is almost half way over and I am no where near ready to go home! but.. I do miss and love you all!

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Cork & Blarney Castle

Cork is such a nice city! staying within walking distance of the center didn't hurt either... cutest little B&B, Cork City Gaol, Blarney Castle, we crammed a lot into our less that 48hours there. We had great food, saw some cool touristy sites and had a great nights sleep in a comfy bed- not a hostel! :) Pictures to be added soon, they really tell the story :) love and miss you all!

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Week 3

We're heading out in the morning to Cork for the weekend.. after our first week of 'real' class (tutorials started, they're the hands-on-you-have-to-go part of classes here) we're pumped to be going somewhere fun! Blarney Castle, possibly Cork Zoo, not to mention a cute hotel instead of a hostel :) 

Dance class started this week, I learned my 3's and 7's.. don't ask me to explain. I can't. i can barely do them haha but it's a lot of fun. Education tutorial was interesting as well to hear the different take on education and the role of the teacher. 

Still just getting started here and I've almost been here a month! I'll keep you updated, and of course post pictures. 

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Family Dinner

Almost three weeks in and it's time for a family dinner! Chicken Parm, pasta, garlic bread and Apple crumble (gluten free of course but still just as yummy for my four non-gluten free dinnermates) to end a nice relaxing weekend. nice clean room, all caught up on school stuff and planning our next weekend trip, possibly watching the super bowl.. if we're up... and skyping with mom and gram (ON HER BIRTHDAY!) ellen and alex later. so nice..

miss you all! love you!!

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