Went for a looooong hike through the Galtee Mountains. We hiked 16km+ and 6.5hr (including breaks) and we were able to reach our desitination...Galteemore, 919m. I think it's the highest peak in Ireland and I was dead tired. The gang had a good guide with us from work so we were able to hike through random areas we never would've found on our own. I think we took the extreme scenic route which allowed us to see the nicest bits of the Galtees. I am a wimp though and thought I was going to die on the mountain. Luckily, we [View Full Entry]

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So I just had to post this because I KNOW that you will undoubtedly be super impressed...this is the home of Michael Flatley. Yes, yes. THE lord of the dance. He lives in the countryside near Fermoy. I personally have not had a sighting but when I do, I will post the celebrity photo with haste. *Note the tongue in cheek-ness, please. [View Full Entry]

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So I was in Dublin on St. Paddy's Day. Was a cool time. Had a few pints in a pub with a friend from home and his friends whilst watching the big big big rugby match. Ireland won their match which was very good because it meant that everyone was in a good mood, but they lost overall. Either way, I'm sure the copious amounts of Guinness helped ;) Then I met up with one of my best friends, her boyfriend and another friend and we walked everywhere we possibly could and found tasty meals. Wandering and eating...the best type [View Full Entry]

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Sorry to have been absent with my updating...I had what i thought were issues with my camera and then with my internet connection, but those have been resolved now. It was my own darn fault. Silly me! I've had a nice few weekends...I went on a nice trip in between the last post and this most recent trip but I have yet to get the photos. Will post that trip soon. This weekend, I went on another road trip through the county of Tipperary. Went to the Mount Melleray Abbey in Cappoquin. It was a gorgeous church run by monks who [View Full Entry]

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Well it was a busy-ish weekend! I went to Cork with some people from work and we went to a pub and then a club. I thought it was so crowded in both locations but apparently it wasn't that busy! Bars let out at 2am and everyone just piles into the streets and heads out to find chips and other greasy foods. I would compare it to the busy-ness in the streets you'd see in Edmonton at a festival. It's pretty busy and people just spill into the roads. Saturday was spent with another food party...yummy! I made a spanakopita but [View Full Entry]

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Made it to another weekend and the jet lag is slowly disappearing. I know this because I've been pressing the snooze button one too many times and it has resulted in pretty frantic mornings. It's been a good week work-wise as well. I made a batch of yogurt and I am getting to use some very fancy microscopes...I got to see the microstructure of a 6% fat yogurt that I had made! Very very cool! This is probably only exciting to my fellow food science nerds. Some students from France were leaving this week so there was an authentic crepe making [View Full Entry]

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Things are going well, I'm getting a PPN number (the equivalent to the SIN number) soon so I will be paid. Thank goodness...things are expensive! I bought a small container of oyster sauce (~175 mL) and it cost like 4 euro! I don't know why I bought it...i don't even know how to cook with it! Just missing my momma's home cooking I guess. Things run differently here and that is taking some getting used to. Banks are open from 10am-4pm PLUS they're closed for lunch at 1230-1:30pm! Ah, to be a banker in Ireland! What fabulous hours...but it's not conducive [View Full Entry]

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Woke up at a decent time today and it was sunny again. Huzzah! Green fields and blue skies. In the daylight, I see that i'm across the street from a nice little park and the leisure centre where you can swim or work out, not my idea of leisure ;) I'm also across the street from a huge church-like structure which i think is the town hall. I also have a fairly major road in front of me so seeing a mini-semi is not unusual. I wandered across the bridge over the Blackwater river and perused some shops. A few stores [View Full Entry]

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So I've arrived in Fermoy! Fermoy is a small town (~5000 ppl) and is just a little bit away from the city of Cork. It's 5am here right now but I have the jet lag so I thought I'd be productive and start up a travel bloggy. Please ignore obvious spelling errors and the incoherentness of my thoughts...you all know I don't think linearly ;) tangents are what I love! Anyhow, I arrived in Cork yesterday at around 3:30pm and was surprisingly greeted by some sun. Not what I was expecting...i hope it's a nice omen for my time in Ireland...the [View Full Entry]

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