The Super Bowl in Ireland is perfect for people like me. In Ireland, the Super Bowl is actually a pretty big deal, people LOVE it here (I'm not sure why... They don't even play the American commercials that we all love/the reason I watch the game on most occasions). The three of us went to one of our favorite pubs, The Bailey, at 11:00pm- remember that five hour time difference? Talk about a late start time! The Bailey not only had the game playing on two leve...

Yesterday we left on our trip to the Ring of Kerry. The first day was pretty uneventful. Twenty QU students and twenty Loyola MD students boarded the bus to what was supposed to be a quick two hour trip to Cahersiveen, but we took the long way. We stopped at Crag Caves which was an underground cave tour, it was cold, dark and went. It was a little creepy! After we got to the hotel, were fed a nice dinner and got to go to our rooms. Putting three best friends in a...

Our third and final day in the beautiful Durrus was heart breaking. We were so sad to leave our two new friends and our second home in Ireland. While staying in the home of Rob and Amy, we felt so welcomed as if we were home in Boston. It was so hard to leave this cozy home full of love. I will miss everything from the chalkboard wall in the kitchen, the wood burning stove in the living room, our view from our bedroom windows of green rolling hills and the ...

So for all of you wondering if we were woken up in the middle of the night, sadly no. But don't worry! It's much better than that. This morning we woke up, got kind of dressed for the day and then went downstairs for breakfast. Rob and Amy put out a really nice breakfast of local West Cork goodies and made us lattes. As we were sitting around chatting, the phone rings. Jokingly I say, "maybe a cows coming?!" Rob gave us a look, we all jumped up ran upstairs, gra...

Tonight I write to you all for the lovely and welcoming home of Rob and Amy who live on a beautiful dairy farm. They live in a small town called Durrus, which is right outside of Bantry in West Cork. Which was about a two and a half hour bus ride from UCC. These two love birds met when Amy was actually studying abroad at UCC a few years ago. We got to hear their adorable love story over tea (Barry's Tea which is the best in all of Ireland) muffins and cookies ...