First Few days!

So I'm here! I arrived here on Sunday afternoon after a 6 and a half hour flight, a four hour bus ride, and a 20 minute walk to my apartments with my 150 pounds of luggage. I arrived at Leeside which a cute apartment complex 15 minutes from UCC. I have my own room and live with 3 other girls. They are all really nice and easy to live with and we're getting along great.


Me and the 3 other girls from Marist walked around city center the first night to find food since we hadn't eaten since the plane ride 11 hours earlier and quickly found out most bars stop serving food at 6 on Sundays. We finally found a place that is actually practical and served us dinner.


Once I caught up on my sleep that night, a group of us went food shopping and tried to figure out what every brand meant and if it was actually expensive or not with the exchange rate. We then gave ourselves a tour of the university which is GORGEOUS (stay tuned for pictures).

UCC Main Quad

Cute river running through campus...a little different from the Hudson

That night a group of us went to a bar call An Brog. It was really fun! We asked many of the locals what we should drink and my first drink was a Murphy's. It wasn't too shabby. That night, we were the only Americans in the bar and everyone was amazed by us. We were asked crazy questions about America that we had no clue the answers to. But it was fun being a "celebrity."
It was a great first night out in Ireland. The next day we had orientation and it was cool seeing all of the international students which I found out there are 325 of us I think.

First night out!

That's pretty much been my life since I arrived! I start class tomorrow and just found out I don't have any classes on Mondays or Fridays...Four day weekend! wooo!!


I'm so excited to continue my journey and fill everyone in!
Side note: My internet in my apartment is absolutely awful and I can usually only get on about 3 times a day for a certain amount of time but I'll try to update this as often as I can!