I finally got to eat again! I met up with Mom in London after a week of scrimping and saving, finishing up the food I had, which turned out to be frozen chicken, oatmeal, and tea. Quite a fun few days, lying in bed attempting to ignore my need to eat haha. I also watched a looooooooooooot of TV and movies while procrastinating lol. I mean, my tests weren’t super hard, and they were over by the 13th, so it wasn’t a huge deal, unlike at Bowdoin. THANK GOD. I couldn’t have handled this way of doing finals if the tests were as hard as at Bowdoin. Having a month off to ‘study’ realllllllllllly killed me, cause basically I forgot everything and had to relearn it. (On the other hand, it was the best month off everrrrrrrrr.)
London was AMAZING, as I totally remembered. And this time we got the London Pass to go into all of the exhibits and buildings omg it was so fabulous. Mom really wanted a certificate for climbing up the 311 steps of the Monument, so we trudged our way to the top. The view was pretty good, but we were dying and gross afterwards haha.
BEST PART BY FAR was ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ with Catherine Tate and David Tennant (Donna and The Doctor). It was seriously brilliant beyond all reason. The play was set in the 80s, which was a little strange, but it actually worked really really well! And after I GOT THEIR AUTOGRAPHS. AND TALKED TO THEM OMG. Like I had a whole conversation with them, which basically means I can die happy now. Right before that we were in this random map shop in Covent Gardens and the lady, who was very odd and talkative, kept telling us about all the people who visited her shop and send her thing. Interesting history of the shop as well, BUT the best part was when she said that Catherine Tate comes into the shop all the time and she’s actually friends with her like! I gave her my info and she said that she’d ask Catherine to send me something. If that happens I might actually faint from happiness. And ‘Pygmalion’ was pretty awesome as well…Rupert Everett (from My Best Friend’s Wedding) was epic.
Next came the Burren, the Cliffs of Moher, and a medieval reenactment dinner at Dunguire Castle. Surprisingly, the last was quite fun! We even met people form Pleasantville…super odd that they were there too, and sat next to us. I really love Irish music and poetry, actually—I think that’s why I liked ‘Pygmalion’ so much haha.
I didn't realize there were mountains in Ireland, but the entire coast is basically mountains, especially the Ring of Kerry. Beautiful, but quite hilly. Mom gets major props for getting us around on those tiny tiny roads alive lol. We did get to see the Rock of Cashel, which is absolutely brilliant, as well as King John’s Castle, which wasn’t quite so grand. I wish we’d had a little more time in Cork, cause we had to rush a bit, but we covered the best parts. Packing was miserable cause I had to clean my room and the apartment as well, something that was slightly difficult after nobody wanting to do anything during exam period…it was a bit of a mess haha. But I did get to show her around UCC and the English Market, two of my favorite parts of Cork. I'm gonna miss the beauty of UCC, actually, cause the campus blew me away.
Newgrange was by far the coolest part of Ireland, without a doubt. I mean, it’s stood for 5000 years and the 15m corbelled roof on the inside is still standing, no cement, no reinforcements. Absolutely magnificent. I’m kinda obsessed with it now, and totally entered the lottery to see it during sunrise on the winter solstice (100 people get to each year, 25,000 apply). I don’t wanna be long winded (again) so look it up :)
Driving-wise, Mom did quite well actually. I tried briefly and did manage to shift gears, but the roads were too windey and I didn’t want to stall every time I pulled over to let another car pass, so Mom did like all of the driving. I am so used to the left side of the road, though. Coooooooooooooooolness.
Slán go fóill!
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