Wine, cheese and the Cobh

Hello again!

Life has been absolutely smashing here in Ireland so far! I have done so much in this past week it's crazy! I taught europeans how to play flippy cup, I explored the city centre AND I started classes. But that is not all...

On thursday I had classes, which were easy seeing as it was the first week. I've decided all of my classes and I could not be more excited! I'm also doing Irish Dancing :) woot woot! But anyway, thursday night I went out with my friends for a casual pint and just chilled at a local pub for a bit before returning to the apartment and snoozing...for a long time. aka I did not wake up until 1pm friday afternoon and it felt AMAZING!

On friday (since I wasted half of the day sleeping) I went out with my friend taylor and we explored the city centre some more and got some food from this local eatery. It was hilarious because it was called "Tony's" it had "Godfather" pictures everywhere and the food was named after american celebrities. hahaha After that we went to 7 North Mall (a house that all of the other Iowa peeps live in) and had a wine and cheese night. It was wonderful :) I met a bunch of new people and even some Irish folk.

Needless to say it was rough waking up in the morning, however I managed to get up at 7 so that my friends and I could catch a train to Cobh. For those of you who do not know what Cobh is, it was the last port for the Titanic before it set sail to the Americas. This is there 100 year celebration and they are getting ready for it. It was amazing seeing everything and the memorabilia and just imagining the Titanic towering over the tiny city. While we were there, we visited a Cathedral (which was right up my ally) and it was astounding how well intact it was. I was delighted :) After A LOT, and I mean a lot, of walking we settled into a little restaurant and grabbed some grub (I made myself a pb sandwich because I didn't want to spend a lot of money) however their tea was splendid. After lunch, we wend to a pub and had Irish coffees (my first experience) which was ... interesting. Usually they are made with bailees, however this was made with whiskey. Although I do not LOVE whiskey, this was delicious and satisfied our tastebuds.

After a long day, we trekked back to the train station, got back to Cork and all went our separate ways, until our next adventure. I am now currently eating pasta and veggies that I MADE! and it is delicious. I love being able to cook for myself!

Well, now that the first week is over, I might be blogging less, but who knows, I might surprise you all :)

Hope you all are jealous of my awesome adventure stories :)

xoxo
Sara Leslie