We went into the city with a group of two Americans next door (Jason and Richard) who are participating in another UREKA program - one on biomedical engineering. Jason goes to Boston College and Richard attends Rice. We had originally met up to go get breakfast in the cafe in our apartment complex, but since it was closed, we went off in search of food in town. Upon reaching the Galway Cathedral, we decided to take a peek inside. The place was massive! And it came complete with a green dome. :) We stopped at an Irish place called Finnegan's for breakfast/lunch, where Josh and I got sandwiches and the others got Irish Breakfasts. There was so much food, though! It was really good.
From there, we wandered along Shop Street, looking at the musicians in the street and all the tourists. Everything's really lively here. I'm sure we'll find tons to do. After that, we walked down to the Spanish Arch and Galway Harbor. It was pretty neat. I've heard there's a beach here too, so we'll have to check that out. When we got tired of that, we headed back toward
Corrib Village. We relaxed around the apartment for a while with the internet (lol).
Oh yes, I forgot to mention our cultural experience last night! We had dinner over at the apartment of a couple Indian Students, participating in another UREKA site. They made us potatoes with some curry seasoning, as well as some type of Indian tortilla. It was really good, and we promised to make some American food for them at some point. I figure I'll try to make some good ole fashioned Southern cookin' at some point. I'll have to ask Mae Mae for some recipes, though. Now back to today.
We also met our other roommate, Sarah, from Cork while we were hanging out in the apartment. She and her friend Ruth, also from Cork, hung out with us for a bit. We offered to take them into town to show them the grocery store, and also get some food. Ruth brought along her two roommates Tyler and Bryan. Tyler is from Vancouver, Canada, and Bryan is from Chicago, but goes to school in New Mexico. The other Americans we hung out with before - Richard and Jason - joined us with another one, Austin, who goes to Rice with Richard. The nine of us set out in search of dinner. We wandered around the shopping district and headed into the city. We finally stopped at a place really close to where we ate this morning, and stopped. I had some lamb stew, which was quite good. And it was cheap.
After that we went shopping for some more groceries, and headed back to Corrib Village to hang out. We spent some time just sitting around with everyone, watching TV, and having a good time. It was a lot of fun. We also got to meet our 4th roommate, Marit, from Estonia. She's pretty cool. Now I'm just relaxing before we all get up for tomorrow's introduction to the program. Should be nice. Cheers!
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