The Journey

I have been in Cork Ireland for an entire weekend and have loved every minute of it! The adventure began with an 8am flight from LAX to Toronto Canada (thanks Marcy for the ride!). Once in Canada the customs officials riled all of the American passengers into a glass enclosed room, like a farmer would do to cattle, and herded us out into a line to go through Canadian customs. After sitting in the Toronto Airport for 5 hours Matt and I were finally on our way to DUBLIN. With a short jaunt across the Atlantic we arrived in Ireland the next morning at 8. The highlight of our day was when Matt and I used our charm, good looks, and persuasive skills to obtain a 4-month visa rather than the 1-month and now we no longer have to pay 150 Euros to the Irish Government. Then we met up with Ryan and took public transportation to the Connolly Bus Station and bought a ticket to Cork. After boarding the bus, one of the first things we noticed was a large billboard promoting Arthur Day on the 24th of September, which we will be celebrating. Arthur Day commemorates the 150th anniversary of Arthur Guinness and the creation of the ultimate Irish Beer, Guinness. Besides the enticing billboard Dublin looks like a fun city and I can’t wait to check it out. Four hours later we awoke in the Cork Bus Station from which we walked with luggage and all down the River Lee to our new humble abode, Leeside Apartments. After settling into our new downtown flat we hit up the town for dinner. But what we didn’t realize was how late it was so we ended up at McDonalds for a BigMac and fries. McDonalds is most definitely better in the US! Finally after a loooong day of traveling our jet lag was kicking in so we went to sleep because the next day was going to be a long day orientation.