Back in the Gleann!

So I decided to continue my journey, despite my incredibly terribly timed strep throat.

I'm glad I did. I got a good nights sleep (the first in a while because cities are WAY too noisy). 12 hours of sleep. At least 6 or 7 hours of which were uninterrupted bliss. I had to make a white noise track on my computer though - the silence was causing my ears to ring. So I made one with crickets, rain and the sea (I know they don't really make sense together, but it sounded nice and it put me to sleep).

I won't be uploading any pictures and whatnot (unless I get them from the internet) because I'm using public computers. I suppose I could bring my laptop in but that would be a hassle and I've also got work to do. I don't really have time to go fiddling with tracks, photos and movies. Not to mention it would slow down the already basic internet here. Instead I'll just keep you updated via text!

Got in around 7:30pm yesterday, maybe a little later and found out I was staying in this 3 bedroom 1 bath cottage next to the school. There are two other girls staying there - I've only seen one so far, the other girl and I seem to be running out on each other. Oh well, we mostly keep to ourselves anyways. They've been there for a while. I met some great ladies on the bus yesterday. One has been coming for a few years and the other it's her first time. There are so many people here. Apparently it's the best Irish language school in the country.
The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, herself is even here! Imagine that! This week is the advanced Irish language course, next week is the fiddle school (yay!). Liam said I'm welcome to come down and sit in on classes in the morning whenever I want. You betchya! I probably won't know what the heck is going on half the time but that's ok. Submersion is the best way to learn, right? I mean... that's how you learn as a child... We'll see.

Parents will be here on Friday! Looking forward to seeing them! There will be lots of fiddler's jamming here that night. I'm almost sure of it!!