My classes at UCC are really well. They are much easier then at home. I have irish step dancing with an old lady that looks like betty white. Gaelic intro to the irish language which is a little more challenging but interesting. Irish folklore which is basically a class about irish stories and the teacher is like the nanny from bednobs and broomsticks, Ireland and scottland which is like a history class about the two countries. And I have modern music of ireland and traditional music of ireland which we have to go to pubs and listen to sessions and write about them. I only have each class for 1 to 2 hours a week. And no class on wednesdays or fridays!! The campus is beautiful. The buildings are much different in the way they are constructed compared to home. There are much more students here but they are all very nice!
I feel like i spend all of my money on food. we dont have a meal plan so we have to go grocery shopping. we go there once or twice a week because we only have a small fridge and can only buy what we can carry home which is like a ten minute walk. So a lot of peanut butter sandwiches and chicken with some vegetable for lunch. There is a sweet english market where they have fresh meat and fresh fruit. Maria and I are doing dinners together and have made a lot of meals with chicken and pasta!
The town of Cork is great, we are right by the city centre so its kind of like living downtown st paul. Every one walks everywhere. There are pubs on every block! We have tried many. One of the girls from my school plays the violin or fiddle and so she has gotten to play in some sessions which is when a bunch of people go to a pub and play traditional irish music. So we have gone and listened. We met an old man at one pub named tom barry who is a retired man that is at this one pub that I cant even pronounce every night. he has told us many good stories.
The weather has not gotten below 35 and not above 50. Its been in between there every day. ITS AWESOME. Today it is sunny, it rains a lot though but i guess January is the most rainiest month. The river lee is right outside my window which is connected to the ocean somewhere because when the tide comes in with the salt water there are seals in the river.
Speaking of water, I have gotten to see the atlantic ocean when I went on the day trips to cobh (which is the port of the last stop of the titanic before it sank) and when I went to armore and Youghal. Beautiful scenery, I am going to Galway this weekend and visiting the aran islands and the cliffs of mohr.
A lot of the people in my group from CSB/SJU along with myself have joined the chapliancy on campus which is very similar to Campus ministry at our school. They hold a lot of events for us to attend such as culture nights, movie nights and coffee mornings. They also plan a lot of cheap trips for us to go on! They are all really nice and love to share stories and facts about Ireland and ask us about America. We have also attended events with the Hot beverages society. This society holds get togethers for those who enjoy drinking coffee and tea. Its the biggest society on campus!
That's all for now!
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