P.S. I Love You

Wednesday was the big day…it was our first British Studies test. No one knew what to expect! Is it going to be difficult or easy? How long will it take? I think I did pretty well, but it did take me an hour and a half to finish three questions! I believe I did well, but it will be two weeks until we get them back. After the test, it was off to Ireland, but before that the fire alarms went off; so that pushed everything back a couple of minutes. We jumped on the coach took the six hour ride to Wales to aboard the ferry at two in the morning! While on the coach we watched P.S. I Love You to gear up for Ireland.

We finally reach our destination at 6 a.m. and ate breakfast at a Best Western. Everyone, including myself, was extremely tired, so most of us not only slept on the ferry, but slept on the three hour ride to Blarney Castle. I attempted to kiss the Blarney Stone, but because I’m not tall enough to reach it, my task was a bit difficult. When attempting to try to kiss it; you have to lie on your back, grab two metal bars, and scoot down a lot to try to reach it. Oh and it’s also on the very top of the castle, and I’m kind of scared of heights, so that made it even more difficult!

After that we went to a few of the shops to look around before getting back on the coach. Our next stop was Killarney. Once we reached Killarney, we went to search for food for a decent price. Every place had meals for over 19 euro and I didn’t really want to pay that much for food, but somehow over four days I probably spent a hundred dollars in food alone because of how expensive it is in Ireland.

After we finally found something to eat, we went to a pub to listen to some live music. While we there, a large group of Italian guys came in and just looked at our table but none of them came over to talk to us. The next day as we traveled to the Ring of Kerry we stopped in a town that is hours from where we were staying and we ran into the same group. And they recognized us! They were like “you from last night” and we were like “yep” - it was a little awkward!

While traveling though the Ring of Kerry, we were able to see a lot but it was a lot of coach time; which wasn’t fun. But Ireland was so beautiful! We stopped someplace to have Irish Coffee, which is coffee with either whisky or baileys. I wasn’t impressed - not only was it 9 a.m., but I also don’t like coffee. After what seemed like all day on the coach, we arrived back into Killarney around 6. We went to a pub that was close to our hotel and had the most amazing food! We stayed most of the night there and listen to live music. While there, a guy and his girlfriend from Australia came up and talked to us. He told us later that he always heard that Americans were mean and rude, but that didn’t fit us at all because we were so nice!

On Saturday, we left for Dublin but didn’t get there until three, so we didn’t have much time to shop for souvenirs. We had to get up early the next morning to leave for Harlaxton, so we decided we would stay in that evening.

On Monday I was so tired, I think I took two naps because of how tired I was! After my last class on Monday, President Ed took all the Bethany students out for dinner, and then later drinks. It was a lot of fun to hang out with Prez Ed and to know more about what was happening not only in Lindsborg, but also at Bethany.

Yesterday, I had volleyball practice and today I got my hair cut really short! I plan on going to a basketball game tonight. This weekend I’m going to Bath, Oxford, and Stonehenge. I just hope it won’t be as tiring as Ireland was!