Monday the 2nd I had 6 hours of classes, did some homework, and then watched a movie with some people of the group.
Tuesday I had 4.5 hours of class and then went into Galway for some groceries and hanging out time.
Wednesday I had the weekly family meeting with everyone and then worked on some homework. That night all 30 of us got together and had a combined potluck in the classroom. It was amazing! Everyone did a great job making their meals and it was great having a really good meal again. Every cottage made a main dish as well as a dessert. Cottage 1 brought pasta salad and carrot cake. Cottage 2 brought homemade soup and jello. Cottage 3 made mini pizzas and peach cobbler. Cottage 4 made a rice, chicken, and veggie casserole and homemade reese peanut butter cups (amazing!!). Cottage 5 made fried rice and crepes. Cottage 6 made soda bread, mac and cheese, and fudge. Jackie's mom was also visiting that night and participated in the potluck--she brought some chicken. Basically, when we were done we were full to the max! Then that night JP opened the pub again for us (becoming a weekly occurance). It was awesome, Jackie's mom came with us, and she had a ton of fun--didn't mind hanging out with college students. She even stayed to witness Piano Man.
Thursday was pretty uneventful, I don't even remember what I did, probably went to seminar.
Friday night was really fun! Our whole group went to the Galway United Soccer Game. They played Cork and ended up tying--a little unsatisfying. The fans for Cork were going crazy, they cheered the entire time and at the beginning of the game they had these sweet ground fireworks going on right by the field. You know, the kind of thing that would get you arrested for or something in the US. But yeah, it was crazy fun.
Saturday I chained myself to homework and wrote a paper--so pretty uneventful. Except, that night I went to the ocean to do some stargazing and I saw a moonbow! (rainbow at night) Only in Ireland...
Sunday morning I went into Galway with the group to get groceries and hang out in a coffee shop. That day the Spiddal Gaelic football team had played in a championship and so they were partying in Spiddal that night. So a bunch of us went down to Spiddal to hang out and have some good craic. We hung out with some people that had made friends with my roommates.
Monday the 9th I had 6 hours of class. That night was a pretty lazy night, homework and stuff like that. Later in the night some of us took a break and started playing cards. Then we found out that there was some sort of book club going on in the hotel and that the pub was open. JP said that we could go to the pub and hang out since there was a live band there and no one else really. So we went and the 5 of us played cards in there, listening to the live band. Molly even did one of her Irish dances which was awesome. Then some of the people from the book club came in and hung out. We overheard some conversations in Gaelic, and then a guy stood up and started to sing a song in Gaelic for everyone. It was really good and amazing to hear. Then another guy stood up and sang a Gaelic song too. We felt really lucky to witness and be a part of this true culture. It definitely wasn't a touristy thing. Just to see how alive their culture is in this part of Ireland was really inspiring.
Tuesday I had 4.5 hours of class. Halfway through archeology our prof told us we would be taking a walk into Spiddal to point out some cool stuff. So we walked into town and had a nice chat, just being able to talk about random Irish things--it was really nice. When we got into Spiddal we first stopped at the Tesco to get some ice cream. :) Then it started raining on us..sad..but hey that's Ireland. And if I have to be stuck in the rain, at least I had ice cream. Anyway, when the rain lightened up we went to the church in Spiddal and talked about that for a bit and then headed back to the PLH. The walk went fast and I chatted with Shannon the whole time--good bonding.
Wednesday the 11th I had family meeting and then for dinner we had a chili feed. (I did not participate, but I went and hung out with everyone) Each cottage made some chili and brought it and everyone sampled a few of them. We also had a bunch of parents attending this potluck. Pat's parents were here as well as Thomas's parents and Mollie's cousin was here. So, to say the least it was a party, and everyone got very full once again. Afterwords we hung out in the pub with JP--had a PJ themed night and took a group pic.
Thursday we had senior seminar class with Julie and then the rest of the day was free. Half of our group went to Cork for the night so that they could visit Blarney castle and kiss the Blarney stone. I used Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to work on homework and such. Thursday night the people who were still here went into Galway for the evening. It was good craic and we met up with some friends that we had previously met.
Friday was uneventful besides doing homework all day.
To be continued...
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