The George Boutique Hotel 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 ...

... cash. The manager had already sent a bottle of wine to our room (of course not knowing we do not drink). They have been trying to catch up to us for 2 days, with us off galavanting around the countryside. <br><br>The resort feels so bad that this happened here. Officer Buckley said it may be a staff member so they are eager to track it all down. As I offered my theories about ...

Today was my first day of orientation. It was pretty fun, but it was a very long day! We got information about classes, a tour of campus, our IDs, and tons of other stuff. I'm excited to look up all the times for classes and figure out my schedule. The presenters made it sound like it's ok to miss a few classes if you're doing some traveling so that's good for me! Tomorrow it will be more of the fun stuff. We get to sign up ...

... Limerick at an Internet cafe. We plan to tour Bunratty Castle (if it's not too expensive). We've realized the importance of just stopping along the road whenever a little town looks cool. We've also been saving a lot of money by going to grocery stores and buying things for sandwiches. I made dinner both nights we were at Louise's. I keep forgetting to upload pictures, but hopefully I can do that soon. -laura

... Limerick City for 'Trad Night' (Traditional Irish Music) (also the best Irish Stew...whoever said that the food in ...

(Photos: music class performance; at the Greeks' house.) The last couple weeks have been pretty fun. Besides the fact that I had to turn in a 25-page report on a software design project, take an oral exam in Irish, and take a two-hour final exam in traditional Irish music, I also got to practice my tin whistling skills, learned a new card came, went to a conference on the ...

(Photos: Carrauntoohil and RAG Week) Carrauntoohil (or bust): Last Sunday, Philip (my German roommate), Dorien (a Dutch friend of ours), Dorien's friend Iris, and I joined the University of Limerick (UL) Outdoor Pursuits Club (OPC) on a trip to climb Carrauntoohil, the highest mountain in Ireland at 1038 m (3425 ft / 0.65 mi). The day did not bode well due to the omnipresence of fog and rain, but we ...