It's been a while, I'm sorry!
First of all, before I forget, thank you to Tom and Paula for your card! I love the artwork, what an incredible background of the artist. For everyone else, the card was drawn by an Autistic 40 year old man who has been drawing all his life. It is of a castle on a hill and looks very much like Ireland :) And you're right Paula, I love getting mail! So thank you again.
The Glens of Antrim trip on Saturday was nice. The views were great but I would have rather gone to the coast. We ended up hiking 7 miles to see a waterfall and the highest look-out spot. That was rough, and I'm still debating if it was worth it. It probably was haha. I posted some pictures of the trip up above.
Tonight my friends and I went to see a movie, The Town. It was really great! And it was fun to go to a movie theater, especially since Tuesdays are only 3 pounds to get in and students get free popcorn and a drink! Woo! After the movie was over I forgot where I was and had to remind myself that I wasn't going to go out, get in my car, drive home and see Mom. That was a little strange. School is going well so far. I read the second book for my Irish Lit. class called Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth. Short but classic, I enjoyed it. Tomorrow I have rowing in the afternoon (I'm officially part of the club) and it's my roommate Elaine's birthday. We are baking cupcakes and having a little party before we go out on the town to celebrate. The cab driver who drove us home tonight was telling us about bars that we should stay clear of and ones that are okay for students and tourists. This was helpful and interesting because most of the bars we should stay away from are either very Protestant or very Catholic depending on which side of the river you are on. It is strange to have to think about where you should and should not go in the little tiny city of Coleraine.
Today there was a car-bombing in Londonderry. No one was killed but a few were hurt. Don't worry about me please! Coleraine is safe and sound. Even though it is a terrible thing that happened, I find it intriguing to learn about. Well, I hope there are no car-bombings in Seattle, Granbury, D.C., etc! Ha, ok sorry to make light of things, but it is all fine and dandy here. I miss everyone. And remember, you should comment on the blogs because I like hearing what you have to say!
Well that's scary, sweetums! Please take the cabbies advice. Also, stay with college people. Probably make for energetic discussion in your "Lit of the Troubles" class. Interesting article about the bombing in the London Times. How did the Irish students react to this? Excellent photographs! You have a good compositional eye. In one of your posts tell your loyal followers how to make a comment to your blog, some may not know where to click. Love you, sweetie! Be aware of your surroundings when you're out, and then have fun!
ReplyDeleteHey I second Daddy's comments about listening to the cabbie and staying with student friends! Be careful and have fun. The photograph of you sitting on the bench looking into the distance is stunning! What an "Irish" picture! I'm really glad you're trying out rowing. That will be a great workout and you'll meet some fun people I bet. Love you tons and can't wait to see you at Christmas sweetie!
ReplyDeleteHey those are pretty nice pictures, were they taken with a certain Kodak digital camera?? Just started reading your blog today, sounds like you are having a great time, so keep up the posts and keep taking good pictures!
ReplyDeleteummmmm....ok not to complain or anything but the past like 4 days ive been pulling this website up to look at pics of glens of antrim...im tired of it. update us on something!!! we're loyal followers!!! <3
ReplyDeleteHey Andrew! Glad you're reading my blog, hope you enjoy it. And yes your camera is perfect, thank you again for letting me borrow it!
ReplyDeleteBB- Yeah yeah, sorry I've been busy. I'll update it hopefully tonight.