The week was fairly uneventful, classes are semi interesting, but seem to be quite easy so far. On Thursday, the business study abroad program hosted an Irish house party at a nearby hotel, yet the event was less interesting than we had anticipated. On the plus side, the program did buy us all drinks. We ended the night dancing at a pub near Trinity College, called Doyle's.
On Friday, I departed for Galway with three of my friends. The 2.5 hour train ride to the opposite coast of the country was comfortable and uneventful. Upon arriving in Galway, a "city" of 17,000 people, we went searching for Claddagh rings, as Galway is where the trend began (a Claddagh ring is two hands holding a heart and a crown, and every component symbolizes a different emotion - loyalty, love, and friendship). We checked into our hostel, which was adorable and filled with fellow college students. The only bad part of our experience at the hostel was rooming with several obnoxious French girls, who woke us all at 4 in the morning.
After grabbing a bite to eat, we met up with my friends, Brittney (from Tufts) and Sam at a local bar. Coincidentally, we accidentally ran into 20 other students on the same business program as us at UCD. We called it an early night, and awoke the next morning for a 10 am tour of the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher. We were super fortunate that the bad weather cleared up in time for us to see the Cliffs under brilliant sunshine. It was a long day of sitting on the bus, but definitely an incredible experience. We napped, grabbed crepes for dinner, and met up with some friends at a nearby bar (and again ran into all the kids in our program).
Sunday morning I met up with Brittney and Sam for early morning brunch, before heading back to Dublin. Last night, I went downtown to a sports bar to watch the first half of the super bowl, and it was the most Americans I have seen in one place since arriving in the country. Nearly every Irish person who I chat with at bars is convinced that I am Native American/Indian, which is something that I can't seem to figure out...
Anyhow, its time to do laundry (for the first time here), and meet up with some Americans for a flip cup (American frat game) party.
Peace!
Erin
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