WEDGIE WEDNESDAYS!

So yesterday we went to the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren. This was the day we fell in love with Ireland. It was gorgeous! Although we did almost get blown off a cliff... that part wasn't as fun. But at least it wasn't raining (for the most part, since there are random downpours every couple hours) and we got some great pictures to share! Our tourguide, Desmond, was HILARIOUS. He was a frisky old man with an interesting sense of humor, but he definitely kept us entertained!






Upcoming events: 1- We register for classes tomorrow, finally. 2- We are going to DUBLIN this weekend! Chelsea, Trisha, and Denise will be joining the festivities as we take a tour around County Wicklow and scope out potential St. Patty's Day accommodations. Should be good!

Enjoy the pics; more later! LOVE


Oh, and in case you were wondering: Wedgie Wednesdays-- An Irish Papa John's tradition that we are taking part very soon. Obviously.

The commericals are working!

But seriously. When you are at the grocery store somewhere far away from home with no recognizable brands, what else is there to do but go for what you recognize? And if you still don't feel like you can pick one, go for what the locals are going for I guess... That is how we picked out bread, butter, and tea! So far our theory hasn't hurt us.

Humorous weather-related news: although it is finally nice out, we have witnessed several natives finding interesting ways to deal with the cold and ice that we had. First, Galway is experiencing a shortage of table salt... You do the math. Also, on our walk to City Centre, we watched as a lady leaned out her second story window to dump hot water on her vehicle below. Do they not have defrost?? SO FUNNY.


This weekend will be our first one away from the apartment as we venture South to the Cliffs of Moher. We are hitching a ride with the group from Duquesne (Doo-cane), the school our roomie goes to in Pittsburgh. We are getting picked up from our apartment (no walking!!!) and got a pretty good deal at that! In a couple weekends we will be going with them to Connemara as well. Should be a grand time!

Side notes: we walked just under 6,000 steps today, according to Cami's iTouch pedometer. Seems like more... Registration is on Monday; can't wait to just KNOW what we need to do! Pray for luck getting into our seminars!... Our internet is being kinda sketch because they are working on getting wireless, so skype is equally unreliable for the most part. But that doesn't mean we don't want to try! FAMILIES: get on Skype every once in a while! Seriously. Do it.

ALL OUR LOVE

Snow and ice or wind and rain?

Perhaps one of these days some decent weather will appear? Today Katie and I braved the drizzle and wind gusts to get to campus. Needless to say, we arrived quite wet. But it is warming up!!! Our apartment is finally toasty!

This week we are testing classes out. Registration will take place on Monday and Wednesday of next week but until then we are attending the lectures that we will most likely be taking for the semester, most of which are English! I think we have the layout of the campus down finally, too (something we were both a tad concerned about). This is only because at times we have hour to two-hour breaks in between classes that we choose to spend exploring and enjoying coffee and muffins from one of the several cafes on campus.

To be honest, nothing of extreme excitement has happened thus far! I mean, we are here to study after all... but really, I think once we finally have our class schedules finalized we will start planning excursions to go experience Ireland!

Stay warm and dry (we will try our best to do the same)!

Peace and Love

Good Afternoon! (Katie and I are getting ready for bed because it is 11pm here)

1.Where we will be attending school! This is just a glimpse from the outside but we have a tour of the campus tomorrow so more detailed pictures will be on the way!

2.Roomies! This is us and Chelsea, our lovely roommate!

3.This is our great bedroom! You should have seen it before, there were no sheets, only a sketch looking pillow and duvet (what we call a comforter). Really, not so bad. However, Katie and I were told that we would have "bedding" which we assumed meant sheets, etc. as well. We were a tad upset to walk into the room, on minimal sleep, to realize that besides toilet paper, sheets would need to be purchased immediately as well. I mean, let's be serious, we needed them for the epic sleeping that was about to take place!

The Big Freeze

Day 2 is better. Slept a good 15 hours until our roomie arrived. Her name is Chelsea, a junior from a school in Pittsburgh, oringinally from New York (Kara! It's for sure a sign :)). It is slightly warmer in the apartment, at least in our bedroom, but we still bundle up probably more than necessary.

In case you haven't heard, "The Big Freeze" is upon us, at least that's what the news is calling it. England seems to be gettig the brunt of it, but it consists of snow up to three inches and temperatures in the thirties. Whoa, right? It's pretty funny to see the news with cross country skiers in that amount of snow.

More later! LOVE

Finally Here!

We have finally arrived at our apartment that we will call home for the next four months. It was a loooong journey and it's good to be settled. Wish it was warmer though! Hopefully we will have our heaters up and working soon so that we can maybe shed some of these 7 or so layers.

Camille is currently laying on the floor in the fetal position next to the heater in our shared bedroom, if that is any indication of both how cold it is in here and how tired we are from the trip. Tomorrow will be so much better after some real rest in our beds.

But before we can sleep we need food and sheets, toilet paper.... Pray for us :)