over the river and through the woods

to grandmothers house we go!
oh wait...
ok not quite to grandmothers. not yet anywho.
so our adventure around ireland is coming to a close. im too lazy to upload pictures right now, but will do soon. now about the trip.
so the fam missed their connecting flight at JFK airport in new york, so were put on a later flight. (lucky for me b/c i was up all night. got an hour of sleep after cleaning and such)
ok so they got in about 9am dublin time
went to the apartment
they bought ucd stuff
ya know
over to trinity for the book of kells. bought a book in the giftshop. (anyone who knows me knows im pretty obssessed with books. haha) then back to the apartment for tea with friends. it was grand.
but super sad
i cried of course. wow. big surprise there. lol
anywho
we set off back to the airport to get our rental car and headed out towards kilkenny.
not much we did there b/c we got in so late. the next day just toured the castle and headed off towards waterford.
we stayed in waterford castle. hands down nicest place ive stayed in EVER. had a super nice bath and did some reading. it was like heaven :)
we got all dressed up fancy and had a nice dinner in the castle dining room or whatever. mom and dad gave us early Christmas presents of digital cameras. theyre so ridiculous. they are too nice of parents. as if living in ireland for a year wasnt enough!!! haha.
the we went to kinsale. cute little fishing village. it was way fun. we drank at a lot of pubs. got mom hooked on bulmers and kopperburg ciders. lol.
so that was good times. did a bit of shopping there. then off to killarney. that was a fun one. did LOADS of shopping there. breakin the bank a little. haha. dad did a bit of golfing so that was good.
then yesterday we came to galway. super cute here. love it. did even more shopping today. (not that i needed to) but atleast i got some more gifts taken care of for friends back home. had a little picnic dinner in the parents' room...fell asleep on their extra bed (cuz they have two...weird) while watching some movie or smthg. got up to come over here. so thats it so far!
tomorrow we go home to dublin.
cant wait :)
it'll be nice to be back to familiarity. then over to scotland for two days. back to dublin so i can grab all my stuff to take home. then to the US!!! hopefully we wont be delayed or stuck anywhere because of all the snow!
last i heard it was over a foot high. craziness.
then up to bham. either by car or train. GOING to see my best friend!!! snow cant stop me :) haha. so that should be good.
then back for second semester. cant wait for that! cept its going to be waaay different withough mal and the girls. but atleast mal and i have our plan of coming back, marrying irish men, living close to e/o and going on family vacations together to look forward to. always a plus. haha.
well thats about it for the update. pics soon.
love and hugs.