Don't worry, I'm still alive!

So I was talking to my sister yesterday and she brought to my attention that I haven’t blogged in quite a while. These past couple of weeks have been non-stop so I apologize for not being as up to date as I’d like to be. But not to worry because I’m still alive and yes, everything is fantastic! Aside from the fact that we’ve had more site visits then I can count, and our first midterm, everything been so much fun. I think I’ve been to downtown Dublin around eight times this week, had coffee an equal number of times and just enjoyed being in another country. Another exciting event that happened this week was the ‘dart’ opened back up! It shut down after a mudslide took out some track between Greystones and Brey (the next town over). The dart is our local commuter train that literally everyone uses. It's so nice to have that back up and running because now we don't have to take the bus! Since it's been so long since my last post I think I’m going to give you a quick rundown of the past two weeks and throw some pictures in there as well. I mean, lets be honest, who doesn't like pictures? They make trying to explain anything so much easier and reading for sure more fun!

Starting out a few weeks ago, our group went to see the Raglans (a young Irish band who recently received a record deal over in London) at the Greystones Theater. They were absolutely amazing!


A couple days later our group went to Glendalough. It's a really old monastic site hidden within the Wicklow mountains. We were able to hike up to the top of one of them. The weather was perfect for our hike and everything was so beautiful!

Finally made it to the top! It snowed three days prior to our hike which is unheard of over here in Ireland! Apparently, this is the most it's snowed over here in twenty years!

Went to Jer Point Abbey.

Visited the Rock of Cashel in Kilkenny. It was so much fun and the view made the hike up totally worth it. If you look at the picture close enough, you can see a chunk of the castle that fell off years ago during a storm.

The view from up there was incredible!

Yeah, things got a little out of hand.


Had the best, and i mean the BEST, Carmel Macchiato I've ever had at a little cafe called 'Esquires' in Killarney!


Then later on that evening our group had dinner at Kytellers. They had a live band playing Irish music while we were there. It was the ultimate 'pub' experience!


And I even met the Pope. (That one's for you rags!)

Alright, those are just a few of the fun events that happened over the past two weeks. I'll do my best to keep all of you updated more frequently. Hope everyones doing well! Later.