Old Quarter Limerick

i have a strange feeling that i will not be staying on top of this until i get home...i've been crazy busy with school and trying to maintain somewhat of a social life. well anyway, my mom will be here on Friday! i'm so excited, i just can't wait. my aunt and my cousin are coming too and we're going to have so much fun! well time to get more work done so that i'll be able to have fun while they're here! love you all and i'll be home a month from today!

... deck, and room service, oh yes, room service. This is how we roll when we are backpacking. We took the time, obviously, to shower, striaghten, shave, and beautify ourselves in order to take fulladvantage of the luxurious suite we ACCIDENTALLY booked. We told each other we were going to do this once or twice this tripand here we are, three days in, enjoying this luxury. Hahaha nothing but downhill from here. We'll just take a night or two sleeping in ...

so i haven't updated in a while and i have about 6 entries that i need to post, but i've been super busy with midterms! i miss everyone and this weekend i will hopefully be posting pictures and entries of everything that i did while i was in the UK. i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm ok and just trying to power through all this school work.

We got up early yesterday and drove down to Cork, stopping in Blarney on the way down. There Frank kissed the Blarney stone in Blarney Castle, ensuring him the "gift of gab"- we'll see!<br><br>We stopped in Cork and went to an art museum there and had lunch in the museum cafe. I must say we have been blessed with outstanding food on this trip.<br><br>From there we drove to Cobh, the port from which almost all of our ancestors emigrated from Ireland to the US, as ...

We have had a most relaxing day at the Adare resort. We took a walk around the grounds this morning, past the formal gardens, the 500 year old oak tree, past the ancient stones, and the pet cemetary!<br><br>We went into town for some shopping and lunch in a thatched cottage. We got back in time for massages at the spa and then had an appointment with the local garde (police) to ...

It's Sunday night and all my housemates are finally coming back. I learned that Sunday nights are another big night for people to go out. That's going to make going to class very interesting...This weekend was pretty good. I was able to sleep quite a bit and get a lot of stuff done. I went grocery shopping today at Aldi, which is funny since we have them at home. We walked there and it wasn ...

... huge black rocks and stairs leading down into the water for swimming. Scooter and I came across three men just getting out of the freezing water and with their thick Irish accents plus their heavy shivering, we had no clue what they were saying to us. Then we headed over to the town's main street to visit our first Irish pub. We walked into the first one that Karen had recommended to us- saying that it ...

We begin our adventure in Limerick, Ireland...(home of Frank McCourt..'Angela's Ashes'). After almost missing my flight ...

... where your blood streamed from you, / and I didn't stop to clean it / but drank it from my palms. (p.205) Ruin and bad cess to you, / ugly traitor Morris (p.209) Son of Conchúr son of Céadach / son of Laoiseach Ó Laoghaire (p.213) (Ó Tuama 1981) Angela Bourke posits that the indirect protests of wives against their husband's stinginess and violence were submerged in their wild laments; a wife might mention, usually dismissively, how her husband used to beat her, but then ...

... t stick around to party. There was virtually no drinking in the streets (the Gardaí [police] were out en force), which was quite a different experience for me. So anyway, we made our way to Pery Square to get some food from street vendors and listen to some trad (traditional) music. Then we hoofed it down to good old Dolan's Pub to listen to more trad and watch the Rugby game (Ireland v ...