Pictures!

This week has been really busy, and it's hard to believe that I've only been here for a week. I met all my flatmates on Sunday, and they are all very nice. Nile and Sean are both from Ireland, so it's highly likely I will be taking some weekend trips home with them. Lizzy, my female companion is from Chicago, and we are already good friends. I've met a lot of American students, which is nice, but I'm looking forward to meeting more Irish people as I get more settled in.

Classes finally started, and they are all going to be very interesting. Three are based exclusively on Ireland, and the other two are psychology courses that will go towards my major at Wheaton. The professors are all very nice, and love having international students in their classes (It's a bit weird to consider myself international, but I suppose I'll get used to it eventually.)

Yesterday some of the girls and I went on a walking tour through Cork, which took us to many of the famous churches and other historical points throughout the city. We have now seen pretty much everything we wanted to here, and are looking forward to seeing more of Ireland. Cork is a nice city, but very similar to any city back home. Last night, Caitlin and I spent about six hours planning our trips for the rest of the semester, and we have several exciting trips coming up soon. This coming weekend, we will be heading out to kiss the Blarney stone and see the emigration town of Cobh, where the Titanic set sail for the last time.

I have some pictures below, which I hope you'll all enjoy. It's a little embarassing to walk around with a camera on campus, so there aren't many pictures of UCC, but luckily the tour yesterday was a perfect excuse to take some pictures and act like a tourist!

I hope you're all doing well, and please keep in touch!
Love, Becky

They still have the manger scene set up in this abbey, which is kind of cool. Just because Christmas is over, they don't forget its significance.


This church was absoluetely beautiful, and to me it looks more like a castle!


I loved the prayer cushions inside the church!



Caitlin and I




Caitlin and my flatmate Lizzy


The view from the top of St. Patrick's hill, which was a beast to climb.


St. Patrick's hill. It doesn't look that steep, but it goes up even more, and it's so steep that they had to put stairs in the sidewalk so people would be able to climb up it.


The view from outside my window.


My bed. I lucked out and got a full size :)



My room. I was lucky and got a huge room with my own bathroom :)