This week was kinda crazy and always gogogo! So I haven't had time to write. But I'm taking this opportunity while I can. Tuesday we went to the Carramore house and Portlaw. Those were both pretty interesting. They were right outside Waterford. The Carramore house belongs to a wealthy family, Lord Waterford and Lady Waterford. All of it was old and many things look like they haven't been touched in years. The place has been lived in for centuries and all of it is still how it was originally. It was pretty neat but I almost died because of asthma haha. The house was originally supposed to be burned by a few men but the symbol of the family is a stag with a cross in between the antlers. So one of them men looked up and saw the cross and being a good catholic man (haha) he decided not to burn the house, but to burn some other houses a little ways away. Glad they didn't because that would have burned everything amazing IN the house. They had really cool things in there such as an authentic Chinese painted chest which hardly ever have anything painted on the inside too but this one did. We also saw Marie Antoinette's original changing screen that was beautifully decorated, that she wanted to use so she could be separated from the commoners whilst being beheaded. It was amazing! We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the building or else i would show them. Also, one of the previous mistresses of the house, Lady Katherine, wanted to be remembered there so she built this little cottage a few steps away from the house and the whole inside is COVERED from top to bottom to sides in sea shells. Amazing colors, textures, this was my perfect Mermaid grotto. It was beautiful. I wanted to live in there. Portlaw was cool, it showed the industrial side of the town, but it was more like a history lesson and with the little sleep I get here, I fell asleep. haha.Wednesday was 4th of July and they had a little dinner for us set up at the college and it was delicious and really cute how they set it all up. It was really nice of them to celebrate for us. That night most of our group went out to T&H Doolans, a local pub and met some of the german foreign exchange students that were also studying at WIT. That was fun, meeting some of them. We all went to Masons to dance afterwords and it was fun. Alot of people got too drunk but overall it was a fun night.
Thursday we went to Cork for about 2 or 3 hours and saw the art gallery there, which was really cool! Then we went to Topshop and I bought a few things. Little did I know I could get a discount there for students. ANGRY! next time. We then had lunch at a cute little pub afterwords. Cork has some great places to shop! I definitely want to go back there and have a look around when we have more time. After that we continued our trip to Killarney. Saw Ross Castle and Muckross House, both beautiful picture opportunities.. We went to a few stops. Finally we got to our hotel. Which was AMAZINGLY NICE. We had a terrific view of the mountains from our dining room. We had a 4 course meal both nights we were there. Both were super nice. The next day we went to the Ring of Kerry as well as Ladies View, and some other places. We saw several gypsies, some playing music, some with animals to pet and pick up. I got to pick up a lamb!!!! It was the best thing ever. It was so cute. SO FLUFFY I'M GONNA DIE! Ring of Kerry was fantastically beautiful. I've never seen such a sight. I climbed the hill which was really steep but if you commit, it's totally worth it. You can see for miles and miles. It was great. I'm definitely going to be sad when I go home. I want to live here! Only bad part is the rain and humidity that makes my hair suck ALL THE TIME. We just got back from Blarney and we went to the Blarney Castle and kissed the Blarney stone. It was scary but fun and maybe now I'll have good luck! I need it. I've gotten hurt so much on this trip. hahah.Until next time...
Cheers!
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