Blogs from County Cork, Ireland, Europe - page 22

We went to the Registry Office in the morning and all of our paper work was in order, so we will be allowed to get married. As an added bonus they printed off my Grandparents wedding certificate (for a measly 10 Euro) from 61 years ago. Then we spent the afternoon wandering around Cork city.... read more

Geo: 51.9308, -8.56701July 14, 2010Killarney, County Kerry, Republic of IrelandI got up at 6:30 and headed downstairs for what I thought was a 7:15 breakfast time with a 8:00 departure time. Instead, it was an 8:00 breakfast time with a 9:00 departure time. I had a whole hour to wait in the lobby before I could eat breakfast. So, I grabbed a comfortable couch and went online. I still had some time to kill, so I worked on the Limerick contest that Dylan said we would do later in County Cork. I got in there kind of last, and sat with a table for the misfits. Now, this group of tourists that I am traveling with has not really formed as a cohesive, fun-loving group. We have the snobs (high pay professionals), the jocks (climb and ... read more

So I went to the mitchelstown caves today with my friend and her daughter. We were supposed to go to this little fishing village but it was absolutely pooring with rain this morning. I told her that ireland was going to miss me, after weeks and weeks of beautifully sunny weather the day before I leave its wretched, hehe i loved it! but so we decided to go to these caves cause they were close enough and neither of us had been there, plus it was better than going to a manor house or museum. Anyway it was fantastic! it is owned by a family that still runs it from their house. The tour guides took down a group of about 30. Now any of you that know how scared I get with enclosed, dark places ... read more

From today it is exactly a week until i return to the states. Well i will be on my way anyway, i guess to be exact i need to wait till half 2am here. yikes! i really cant believe it, it seems like only a day ive been here. i am excited to return but to leave this place and these people i have come to love will be really not grand at all. i need to stop thinking about that.i can think about that later. i worked today and gave them my cookies i made the other day. i did not want to eat all of them so they are selling them there. a few people have actually bought some and the staff had some and said they were really good like. i even got ... read more

oh wow!! im done! i finished my exam at 15:00 on the hour! it was amazing i am so happy! i think i did okay. the best i could but ya it was tougher than i thought it would be. but im done!! no more scary harry potter testing:) most of the students were in the new bar on campus directly after the test but i was good and went to the gym instead. tonight i put on one of my indian dresses and i'm going out with lara to a little mexican place to celebrate!! oh on wednesday i had my last cea event :( it was so sad to see our advisor off. it was a great meal, i even had to navigate the many cutlery options (i felt a little like pretty woman) ... read more