Monday, November 3, 2008
Quick (long overdue) update...
Hi everyone...I know I haven't updated for like a month...eep. I have a huge back log of stuff that I want to put up and I have just been putting it off...yikes. I have the 2 week travel log with my parents, then the week getting back into the swing of things, an off week of homesickness and slight seasonal depression, and then this last Halloween weekend. I've also been waiting to post until I have my pictures up, which are another ordeal in and of themselves because I took like over 2000 pictures or something, and it takes forever to sort them! But I'm going to work on them tonight and see if I can get those finished, and once those are done I can start working on updating the blog little by little. Right now, things are good, I'm a bit tired and have a little bit of a sore throat and I can't find my student ID (ack...) but otherwise things are good. I can't believe ELECTION DAY is tomorrow!!! It will be very strange to be over here when that happens. Oh and Zach's coming over to visit in a week! Anyway, hope everyone is well and I will hopefully update more soon!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Oh yeah, pictures!!
Pictures from this past week:
My first Irish rainbow! And pot luck fun and misc. scenes.
Céilí at the College Bar and scenes from the morning after
Enjoy!
My first Irish rainbow! And pot luck fun and misc. scenes.
Céilí at the College Bar and scenes from the morning after
Enjoy!
Early morning...
It is early in the morning (for me anyway haha, 8AM...) and I just wanted to post quickly before I had off about this week so I don't forget about it! I'll be traveling around Ireland with my parents for the next 2 weeks so probably little to no internet access, yay.
Wednesday:
The pot luck was SO much fun! Beforehand I went to lunch with Josh and then we went into town and did some shopping. I bought a drink (this blue vodka stuff called WKD) and cupcakes (Made out of Madiera cake? It's yummy! Like poundcake sort of...) and then I even finally bought some clothes! I figured if I'm going to be going around with my parents I should at least look decent haha. But yeah so the potluck was great, met a bunch of nice new people and old friends. We did move apartments as it got later and I watched some people do Absinthe shots...maaan. I didn't realize there was a whole ritual with the sugar and such and such haha, but they all did tiny shots. I was definitely too scared to try it haha which I think is a good thing. But the atmosphere was quite fun and then afterwards we went out to a bar called Róison (Ro-sheeen) Dúbh(dove) and hit the dance floor. We tried to go clubbing but we left a bit on the late side and by the time we got up there the lines were HUGE and we wouldn't have been able to get in for free, lame. But the Roison Dubh was fun - it was free which was the most important part. The music was different...like rock alternative so it was a bit difficult to dance to, but we still had fun.
Thursday:
Went to the Céilí at the College Bar and met up with Josh, Kat and her roommates. We went upstairs and watched the madness, although Kat's roommates went and joined in. It was neat because there was a live, traditional Irish music band, and basically everyone was just attempting to Irish dance (not well but it apparently was still fun haha) and basically just lots of grabbing of hands and leaping and whirling about haha. I had 2 1/2 pints of Bulmer's and tried Galway Hooker, a Galway specific pale ale, haha which was good. Had a lot of fun just hanging out and talking with people...we had intended to go out clubbing, but Erin had stayed home and Kat had to go home and book Paris tickets, and it got late before we left so we just scrapped it. Josh was a sweetheart and walked me home so I didn't have to pay for a taxi, which was nice. Got home relatively early (haha 12:30AM...) so it was a really nice night :)
Friday:
Went to Corrib Village to pick up my backpack which I had left there o nWednesday night. Then walked into town and had a late lunch with Kat, Erin, and Josh which was really nice. Ate at the Charcoal Grill which is basically just a burger place so I had chicken goujous (sp?? They're like chicken tenders but smaller) and fries mmm. Then I came home, relaxed, which was nice, and packed, and went to sleep relatively early! Haha...12:45AM is pretty early....
Then today I woke up early and I was going to call and get my ticket via phone, but then I realized I'd have to use a credit card and pay the conversion fee...so I think I'm just going to get to the station early and buy a ticket there...so long as I'm early I'm sure I'l be fine. I'm taking the bus to Shannon, meeting my parents at the airport, and then driving down to Dingle with them yay! I'll be back in Galway on Tuesday, so I'll update then I hope!
Wednesday:
The pot luck was SO much fun! Beforehand I went to lunch with Josh and then we went into town and did some shopping. I bought a drink (this blue vodka stuff called WKD) and cupcakes (Made out of Madiera cake? It's yummy! Like poundcake sort of...) and then I even finally bought some clothes! I figured if I'm going to be going around with my parents I should at least look decent haha. But yeah so the potluck was great, met a bunch of nice new people and old friends. We did move apartments as it got later and I watched some people do Absinthe shots...maaan. I didn't realize there was a whole ritual with the sugar and such and such haha, but they all did tiny shots. I was definitely too scared to try it haha which I think is a good thing. But the atmosphere was quite fun and then afterwards we went out to a bar called Róison (Ro-sheeen) Dúbh(dove) and hit the dance floor. We tried to go clubbing but we left a bit on the late side and by the time we got up there the lines were HUGE and we wouldn't have been able to get in for free, lame. But the Roison Dubh was fun - it was free which was the most important part. The music was different...like rock alternative so it was a bit difficult to dance to, but we still had fun.
Thursday:
Went to the Céilí at the College Bar and met up with Josh, Kat and her roommates. We went upstairs and watched the madness, although Kat's roommates went and joined in. It was neat because there was a live, traditional Irish music band, and basically everyone was just attempting to Irish dance (not well but it apparently was still fun haha) and basically just lots of grabbing of hands and leaping and whirling about haha. I had 2 1/2 pints of Bulmer's and tried Galway Hooker, a Galway specific pale ale, haha which was good. Had a lot of fun just hanging out and talking with people...we had intended to go out clubbing, but Erin had stayed home and Kat had to go home and book Paris tickets, and it got late before we left so we just scrapped it. Josh was a sweetheart and walked me home so I didn't have to pay for a taxi, which was nice. Got home relatively early (haha 12:30AM...) so it was a really nice night :)
Friday:
Went to Corrib Village to pick up my backpack which I had left there o nWednesday night. Then walked into town and had a late lunch with Kat, Erin, and Josh which was really nice. Ate at the Charcoal Grill which is basically just a burger place so I had chicken goujous (sp?? They're like chicken tenders but smaller) and fries mmm. Then I came home, relaxed, which was nice, and packed, and went to sleep relatively early! Haha...12:45AM is pretty early....
Then today I woke up early and I was going to call and get my ticket via phone, but then I realized I'd have to use a credit card and pay the conversion fee...so I think I'm just going to get to the station early and buy a ticket there...so long as I'm early I'm sure I'l be fine. I'm taking the bus to Shannon, meeting my parents at the airport, and then driving down to Dingle with them yay! I'll be back in Galway on Tuesday, so I'll update then I hope!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Trying to get better...
Today was another relaxing day spent trying to get me better for the week! I guess the cold meds kept me up or something because I couldn't get to sleep until 3AM last night, and then had to wake up at 9:30 to get to class. Waking up was SO difficult, ugh. Particularly since it was windy and pouring rain outside. Not a good motivator. But I had to go to my seminar today, since I actually get graded somewhat on attendance and I had also actually done my reading and such, so I hauled myself out of bed to go to school. The walk to school was wet, but thankfully I actually FOUND my seminar this time.
Oh! I totally forgot to relay that story from last week - so last Tuesday was the first day of my Seminar, and it's in "Tower 1, Room 302." So I wander and wander and wander and I can't freaking find Tower 1! So I eventually find these stairs that lead to Tower 2 and I'm thinking well hey, this should work...because by that point I was just searching for any form of tower. And when I got up there, I asked this girl (Caroline) if she was waiting for my seminar and she said yes. She said that the sheet said Tower 1 but she was sure there weren't any classrooms in there and it must have been a misprint. I nod along and we wait in this room for awhile...just as we're about to leave to go see if there ARE in fact classrooms in Tower 1, this other girl (Maura) shows up for the same class. She says that she asked the secretary at the English department and she said to go over here. We wait awhile...but by 11:30 (was supposed to start at 11) it becomes evident that we are most likely in the wrong place. So we go back down to the English department secretary (the same girl that had told Maura to go to Tower 2) and she tells us that we need to go down a floor (the English department IS in Tower 1) and the classroom is there. GREAT.
Thank God they showed me to the English department because seriously! It (And Tower 1) are not labelled at ALL! There's a vague sign that says Tower 1 - but it could point to 2 theatres, a giant hallway, OR these tiny double doors off to the side that are unlabelled. Oh yes, because it's intutive to go through the tiny unlabelled doors to find Tower 1. WTF?!
Anyway, we got there 35 minutes late and it was way awkward because it's this tiny room and we had to climb over desks to get to the other side of the room to where the empty chairs were. Luckily the teacher was nice and we didn't miss too much since it was the first day. Phew.
So anyway, back to today. Basically, I kicked some serious butt in my seminar because it's a second year seminar, and apparently none of the Irish students have been taught to read Middle English at all. Beforehand they were all complaining about how completely lost they were...and I mean, I definitely felt lost at times too, but I got the general gist. So when the teacher was asking questions, me and the two other visiting students (I think they're American) were really the only ones to answer. I think 2 Irish girls answered 3 questions during the whole 2 hours...yeeaah. Sad part was though, that even though I woke up with no sore throat, I had more phlegm and coughing, and when I tried to speak the first time my voice totally croaked awkwardly. Woot. I spent the rest of class participating in an awkward, raspy whisper, but participating nonetheless.
Afterwards I rechecked out my book (checking out my book for my seminar from the library since it costs 30 euros and is HUGE) and had lunch by myself at the college cafeteria thing, which was INSANE because of the rain. Then I headed back home and have been relaxing ever since. Took a 2 1/2 hour nap which was nice. It was a fairly miserable day so I'm happy to be inside as the wind is howling away out there. Man, up in the tower the wind really rattles the windows and sometimes shakes the room. Eep.
Anyway, that's the update...hopefully I'll be pretty good tomorrow so I can enjoy the potluck dinner I'm going to, woohoo. Lunch with Josh tomorrow and then shopping, cooking, and then potluck with cool people haha yaaay.
Oh! I totally forgot to relay that story from last week - so last Tuesday was the first day of my Seminar, and it's in "Tower 1, Room 302." So I wander and wander and wander and I can't freaking find Tower 1! So I eventually find these stairs that lead to Tower 2 and I'm thinking well hey, this should work...because by that point I was just searching for any form of tower. And when I got up there, I asked this girl (Caroline) if she was waiting for my seminar and she said yes. She said that the sheet said Tower 1 but she was sure there weren't any classrooms in there and it must have been a misprint. I nod along and we wait in this room for awhile...just as we're about to leave to go see if there ARE in fact classrooms in Tower 1, this other girl (Maura) shows up for the same class. She says that she asked the secretary at the English department and she said to go over here. We wait awhile...but by 11:30 (was supposed to start at 11) it becomes evident that we are most likely in the wrong place. So we go back down to the English department secretary (the same girl that had told Maura to go to Tower 2) and she tells us that we need to go down a floor (the English department IS in Tower 1) and the classroom is there. GREAT.
Thank God they showed me to the English department because seriously! It (And Tower 1) are not labelled at ALL! There's a vague sign that says Tower 1 - but it could point to 2 theatres, a giant hallway, OR these tiny double doors off to the side that are unlabelled. Oh yes, because it's intutive to go through the tiny unlabelled doors to find Tower 1. WTF?!
Anyway, we got there 35 minutes late and it was way awkward because it's this tiny room and we had to climb over desks to get to the other side of the room to where the empty chairs were. Luckily the teacher was nice and we didn't miss too much since it was the first day. Phew.
So anyway, back to today. Basically, I kicked some serious butt in my seminar because it's a second year seminar, and apparently none of the Irish students have been taught to read Middle English at all. Beforehand they were all complaining about how completely lost they were...and I mean, I definitely felt lost at times too, but I got the general gist. So when the teacher was asking questions, me and the two other visiting students (I think they're American) were really the only ones to answer. I think 2 Irish girls answered 3 questions during the whole 2 hours...yeeaah. Sad part was though, that even though I woke up with no sore throat, I had more phlegm and coughing, and when I tried to speak the first time my voice totally croaked awkwardly. Woot. I spent the rest of class participating in an awkward, raspy whisper, but participating nonetheless.
Afterwards I rechecked out my book (checking out my book for my seminar from the library since it costs 30 euros and is HUGE) and had lunch by myself at the college cafeteria thing, which was INSANE because of the rain. Then I headed back home and have been relaxing ever since. Took a 2 1/2 hour nap which was nice. It was a fairly miserable day so I'm happy to be inside as the wind is howling away out there. Man, up in the tower the wind really rattles the windows and sometimes shakes the room. Eep.
Anyway, that's the update...hopefully I'll be pretty good tomorrow so I can enjoy the potluck dinner I'm going to, woohoo. Lunch with Josh tomorrow and then shopping, cooking, and then potluck with cool people haha yaaay.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
A whole week in one post!!...
Oooh man, I have a lot to update! Sorry I haven't updated all week, I've been crazy busy. So sadly, some of these will suffer some minute details, but I'll just get the gist across of what's been going on this week.
Monday:
Nothing special. Went to lunch with Alistair and Josh and it was way overpriced. Buut whatever.
Tuesday:
Clubs day! Went and checked out the Equestrian club. The president was once again useless, but I paid 2 Euros and signed up for the mailing list. Hopefully more will be explained at the meeting this week?
Then went into town and bought some alcohol for the night's festivities. But since I had forgotten my backpack I had to get something small haha so I bought a small bottle of Bailey's. Mmm.
That night, Kat, Erin, and Josh came over, and along with me and Alistair, we watched Mean Girls and enjoyed drinking and talking in my room. Mary was generally fine with it - she told us to quiet down once and got worried because she thought Josh was throwing up...but he wasn't so yaay. It was a very fun night! And definitely cheaper than going out, phew! We had intended to go out to the Cellar, but never made it haha.
Wednesday:
Societies Day! Went and signed up for WAY too many societies. But lots of them have really cool trips and events and such...so I figured even if I don't go to meetings I can still go to those! Signed up for ALIVE Volunteer group, Photography, Marine Club, Music club, Musical club, Choir, Traditional Music society...I think that's it, but I'm excited!
This is the day my power chord decided to stop functioning. I flipped out. But luckily, I went into town and bought a new one the same day, problem solved! Also had lunch with Josh at Riordans MMM more Bailey's cheesecake!
That night we went ooout! Went to this I.S.S. (International Student Society) "Dress as your country's stereotype party"[I wore lots of eye makeup and a low cut shirt - I'm a waitress who wants to be an actress auditioning for a director!! Hahaha.] at Mixer's bar, which was sufficiently awkward but fun. I bought a giant Bulmer's bottle haha, it was fun. At the end of the night at the bar, the DJ played some good dance tunes so we danced it up a bit. Then we met up with Alistair and he pulled us and made us run down the street haha and we went to Club Karma again. Alistair introduced us to all of his Irish friends (he was very excited - "These are my American friends!!") but we lost them once inside and Josh and I just danced by ourselves haha but it was quite fun. Except that it was super crowded and drunken people who were being tacky and making out on the dance floor continuously fell into me. Ick. But otherwise, quite fun - also met up with Wendelien and her friends, and so at the end of the night we moved upstairs to dance (less crowded by the bar) with them. Very fun night overall!
Thursday:
Went out to a play (part of the Arts in Action program) by Martin McDonagh, who I LOVE. I read a play of his in my Contemporary Drama class called The Pillowman. It was horrendously violent and twisted and dark, but I still loved the way it was written. So I was pretty excited to see this play, The Cripple of Inaashman (sp?). Met up with Josh and we sat together and the play was AMAAAAZING!! Incredibly well written, great actors, neat set...it was SO good. It was also much happier than The Pillowman. Still quite dark, but I laughed out loud quite a few times and the ending was somewhat happy but with a dark twist. Brilliant!
Afterwards, met up with Erin and her newly met friends, who turned out to be mostly people I knew, and we went and got dessert crepes! MMM yummy! We then stood in a circle and talked for an hour or 2. Pretty fun stuff. Shared a taxi home so that was nice not to have to pay as much.
Friday:
Went to class. Checked out a giant book from the library for my seminar so that I actually could do the reading yaay. Afterwards came home and relaxed, it was nice to have the night off.
Saturday:
Relaxed all day, talked to Mom and Dad. Developed a sore throat though in the afternoon :( Then went to Italian dinner with Josh. While the company was great, I ordered the pesto and ended up having an allergic reaction to it. Luckily I realized soon enough that the reaction wasn't *too* bad. Still not pleasant though, but I was able to stay at the restaurant, swap out my dinner for something else (I was still hungry!) and walk home by myself in the rain (BLEH that was unpleasant). So when I got home I was fairly miserable, being all wet, cold, sick, and having a rash all over my body. Took some Benadryll and passed out for 11 hours. It was lovely.
Sunday:
Woke up, sadly still with a sore throat :( It's been with me all day waah. Luckily I've really just stayed in bed all day doing nothing. Also took a bath so that was good. I'm going to sleep now (not too early, but not *too* late) and hopefully I will wake up better! I hope so at least...
So in a nutshell, that was my week! I look forward to another busy week! Mom and Dad will be here next weekend! Craziness!
As usual, loving it. Yesterday was the first day of rain in like 5 days so that was nice. They're predicting rain all week though. Bleh. But I can't complain, I'm in Ireland and still loving it!
Monday:
Nothing special. Went to lunch with Alistair and Josh and it was way overpriced. Buut whatever.
Tuesday:
Clubs day! Went and checked out the Equestrian club. The president was once again useless, but I paid 2 Euros and signed up for the mailing list. Hopefully more will be explained at the meeting this week?
Then went into town and bought some alcohol for the night's festivities. But since I had forgotten my backpack I had to get something small haha so I bought a small bottle of Bailey's. Mmm.
That night, Kat, Erin, and Josh came over, and along with me and Alistair, we watched Mean Girls and enjoyed drinking and talking in my room. Mary was generally fine with it - she told us to quiet down once and got worried because she thought Josh was throwing up...but he wasn't so yaay. It was a very fun night! And definitely cheaper than going out, phew! We had intended to go out to the Cellar, but never made it haha.
Wednesday:
Societies Day! Went and signed up for WAY too many societies. But lots of them have really cool trips and events and such...so I figured even if I don't go to meetings I can still go to those! Signed up for ALIVE Volunteer group, Photography, Marine Club, Music club, Musical club, Choir, Traditional Music society...I think that's it, but I'm excited!
This is the day my power chord decided to stop functioning. I flipped out. But luckily, I went into town and bought a new one the same day, problem solved! Also had lunch with Josh at Riordans MMM more Bailey's cheesecake!
That night we went ooout! Went to this I.S.S. (International Student Society) "Dress as your country's stereotype party"[I wore lots of eye makeup and a low cut shirt - I'm a waitress who wants to be an actress auditioning for a director!! Hahaha.] at Mixer's bar, which was sufficiently awkward but fun. I bought a giant Bulmer's bottle haha, it was fun. At the end of the night at the bar, the DJ played some good dance tunes so we danced it up a bit. Then we met up with Alistair and he pulled us and made us run down the street haha and we went to Club Karma again. Alistair introduced us to all of his Irish friends (he was very excited - "These are my American friends!!") but we lost them once inside and Josh and I just danced by ourselves haha but it was quite fun. Except that it was super crowded and drunken people who were being tacky and making out on the dance floor continuously fell into me. Ick. But otherwise, quite fun - also met up with Wendelien and her friends, and so at the end of the night we moved upstairs to dance (less crowded by the bar) with them. Very fun night overall!
Thursday:
Went out to a play (part of the Arts in Action program) by Martin McDonagh, who I LOVE. I read a play of his in my Contemporary Drama class called The Pillowman. It was horrendously violent and twisted and dark, but I still loved the way it was written. So I was pretty excited to see this play, The Cripple of Inaashman (sp?). Met up with Josh and we sat together and the play was AMAAAAZING!! Incredibly well written, great actors, neat set...it was SO good. It was also much happier than The Pillowman. Still quite dark, but I laughed out loud quite a few times and the ending was somewhat happy but with a dark twist. Brilliant!
Afterwards, met up with Erin and her newly met friends, who turned out to be mostly people I knew, and we went and got dessert crepes! MMM yummy! We then stood in a circle and talked for an hour or 2. Pretty fun stuff. Shared a taxi home so that was nice not to have to pay as much.
Friday:
Went to class. Checked out a giant book from the library for my seminar so that I actually could do the reading yaay. Afterwards came home and relaxed, it was nice to have the night off.
Saturday:
Relaxed all day, talked to Mom and Dad. Developed a sore throat though in the afternoon :( Then went to Italian dinner with Josh. While the company was great, I ordered the pesto and ended up having an allergic reaction to it. Luckily I realized soon enough that the reaction wasn't *too* bad. Still not pleasant though, but I was able to stay at the restaurant, swap out my dinner for something else (I was still hungry!) and walk home by myself in the rain (BLEH that was unpleasant). So when I got home I was fairly miserable, being all wet, cold, sick, and having a rash all over my body. Took some Benadryll and passed out for 11 hours. It was lovely.
Sunday:
Woke up, sadly still with a sore throat :( It's been with me all day waah. Luckily I've really just stayed in bed all day doing nothing. Also took a bath so that was good. I'm going to sleep now (not too early, but not *too* late) and hopefully I will wake up better! I hope so at least...
So in a nutshell, that was my week! I look forward to another busy week! Mom and Dad will be here next weekend! Craziness!
As usual, loving it. Yesterday was the first day of rain in like 5 days so that was nice. They're predicting rain all week though. Bleh. But I can't complain, I'm in Ireland and still loving it!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Ah the weekend...
I've had a WONDERFUL weekend, capped off by the wonderful early arrival of my internet!! I wasn't sure if the router had been delivered...I knew something had been delivered on Friday, and Mary said her son picked up the box and may bring it by...well he brought it buy today YAY and I installed it, and lo and behold, the internet worked! Shocking but I don't CARE, it WORKS!!! I'm ecstatic to say the least!
Working backwards, today was lazy, spent most of it talking to Jason which was nice. Yesterday was a lazy day as well, to recover from Friday night haha.
Friday night was SO much fun. Went out with Josh and Kat, and we went to Quey's pub first, and enjoyed 2 pints there. Oh, and Kat also got spoken to by a creepy man whose opening line after he found out that she was American was, "Oh! Have you seen Silence of the Lambs??" Hahaha. Anyway, I had a pint of Bulmer's and a pint of Smithwick's, which I did actually like (I can't believe I actually like a beer!). We were sitting right behind the band, which played covers of American songs...they're big on Dire Straights and Tom Petty I've noticed. They were good though, and we sat there and talked and listened to awhile before we moved on.
Then we went to The Cellar, which was a more upscale like bar. I got this drink called a Woo Woo, hahaha, which was quite good. It was vodka, cranberry juice, Triple Sec, and Peach Snapps. Kat and Josh each had Long Island Iced Teas, and we sat there for the drinks and then went to go hit the clubs.
Well, after we spent some time collecting stamps (they have these stampers that stand outside and when you have a stamp you get in for free), we went to Club Cuba, which Kat had said was fun. However, when we got there, there was no one there! On either of the two floors! Disgruntled, we moved on to Club L.A., where we also found only 3-4 people! We were shocked, appalled, confused, and sad to say the least. So we decided that clearly, the clubs weren't happening, so we went back to a pub called Tis Coli and had our last drinks. They had Gin and Tonics and I had some Bailey's on the rocks, mmmm. And then we headed home and Kat and I shared a taxi. Now, it doesn't sound like we did too much, but it was really quite enjoyable to talk with them and enjoy the drinks and the company, and it was definitely the most "going out" I have done since I've been here, haha. Can't wait to do some more! Well...I can't, but my wallet probably can, oooy things are expensive. But that's okay...the experience is worth it right?
Some pictures of the night:
Galway Adventures
It was quite enjoyable, and this weekend has been lovely...not a lot of rain, though it is rather cold tonight. Oh well, I don't care because I have internet!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAY! No more hauling my laptop to class and spending hours in the library and on weekends finding somewhere quiet and awkward to Skype. NO MORE! Happiness in my own home :) Haha, and as Zach said:
"Nothing like giving crack back to an addict..."
Teehee!
Working backwards, today was lazy, spent most of it talking to Jason which was nice. Yesterday was a lazy day as well, to recover from Friday night haha.
Friday night was SO much fun. Went out with Josh and Kat, and we went to Quey's pub first, and enjoyed 2 pints there. Oh, and Kat also got spoken to by a creepy man whose opening line after he found out that she was American was, "Oh! Have you seen Silence of the Lambs??" Hahaha. Anyway, I had a pint of Bulmer's and a pint of Smithwick's, which I did actually like (I can't believe I actually like a beer!). We were sitting right behind the band, which played covers of American songs...they're big on Dire Straights and Tom Petty I've noticed. They were good though, and we sat there and talked and listened to awhile before we moved on.
Then we went to The Cellar, which was a more upscale like bar. I got this drink called a Woo Woo, hahaha, which was quite good. It was vodka, cranberry juice, Triple Sec, and Peach Snapps. Kat and Josh each had Long Island Iced Teas, and we sat there for the drinks and then went to go hit the clubs.
Well, after we spent some time collecting stamps (they have these stampers that stand outside and when you have a stamp you get in for free), we went to Club Cuba, which Kat had said was fun. However, when we got there, there was no one there! On either of the two floors! Disgruntled, we moved on to Club L.A., where we also found only 3-4 people! We were shocked, appalled, confused, and sad to say the least. So we decided that clearly, the clubs weren't happening, so we went back to a pub called Tis Coli and had our last drinks. They had Gin and Tonics and I had some Bailey's on the rocks, mmmm. And then we headed home and Kat and I shared a taxi. Now, it doesn't sound like we did too much, but it was really quite enjoyable to talk with them and enjoy the drinks and the company, and it was definitely the most "going out" I have done since I've been here, haha. Can't wait to do some more! Well...I can't, but my wallet probably can, oooy things are expensive. But that's okay...the experience is worth it right?
Some pictures of the night:
Galway Adventures
It was quite enjoyable, and this weekend has been lovely...not a lot of rain, though it is rather cold tonight. Oh well, I don't care because I have internet!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAY! No more hauling my laptop to class and spending hours in the library and on weekends finding somewhere quiet and awkward to Skype. NO MORE! Happiness in my own home :) Haha, and as Zach said:
"Nothing like giving crack back to an addict..."
Teehee!
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