This was easily the prettiest place in Ireland hands down. My trip started Thursday night when I was looking at the weather at 12AM and realized if I didn't do my day trip on Friday, it'd be crappy weather until I leave. So at 12, I bought my bus ticket online, got on a 7:30AM bus and went off by myself. After 3 hours I got to Cork but I was on my phone the whole bus ride and read that people loved visiting Cobh and it's only a 30 minutes train from Cork. My bus arrived at 11 and there was an 11:30 train to Cobh that I had to catch...the problem was that the train station was 1.5 miles away. So I figured if I walked/jogged a little, I'd make it no problem, and since I have a walking map on my phone I'd be fine. At 11:15 I could see the train station, but there was a huge fence that I was somehow on the wrong side of that I had been walking along the whole time. So, my power walk turned into a full on sprint, I went back to the beginning, got on the right side of the fence, and barely made the train. Cobh was beautiful; a very small town with streets lined with colorful houses, right on the coast. Cork was more city like with lots of big department stores and a lot of car dealerships.
Anyways Cobh & Cork:
St Colman's Cathedral
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral - Cork
Cork
University College Cork, my cousin mallory went here when she studied in Ireland!
In other news, nothing too much else is new. Finals are done. I had 4 essays that I barely made the word counts for and 1 exam that was really easy. It's crazy to think that another semester is down and only 3 left....then another year for an MSA :/ Carli, Ross, and Spencer left already....it's definitely quieter without my better-half Carli here, and I come home the 18th. It will be really weird to leave and definitely sad but I am really excited to go home and see everyone so that makes up for it. Plus I know at some point I will be back. Pce&Bs!
