day 5 PM

so last night i was a little hungry because I did not eat much at our 7:00 dinner...which was a beef stew, and I got a side of rice with it...and I ended up going to a local irish fast food place called 'supermac.' now, i have no clue how this place was not copywright infringment on mcdonalds. their special was the supermac which could be mistaken for a big mac picture. the fries all across ireland no matter where you go are like steak fries, or thicker cut even. the ketchup tastes different, and so does the diet coke. the diet coke from the fountain there tasted as if it had one of those pixy stick sugar tube candies dummped into it..had a sweet fruity flavor.

so here are some guinness and evening pictures...

ill be leaving soon to go out for the day, might come bl

arrived in NJ

we made it to NJ, flight to greensboro leaves at 4:30, arriving at 6pm. if it takes a half hour to get back to HPU, I should be back to raleigh by 9pm

shannon, intl

hanging out here at the airport, 3:30 USA time, but 830 ireland time.

our flight was delayed, but its not a problem because it just eats up some of our layover in jersey.

free wifi in the airport.

for everyone who read, thanks. i didnt buy a lot of nostalgic gifts. I have a really cool book about guinness, and a couple of lapel pins.

i would have bought ya'll postcards, but my pictures are just as good and ill print one for you. i would have bought you an irish tshirt, but you probably would never have worn it. i would have brought food/drink, but it doesnt transport well with security and freezing temperatures in the plane. and i would have bought you a wool scarf, but you really dont need one, did you?

i feel like i have over a thousand pictures, and an hour worth of video. and thats the true gift. memories.

andrew

special farewell dinner

so i just got back from our farewell dinner which was super awesome...here are some pictures for you...

andrew

special farewell dinner

so i just got back from our farewell dinner which was super awesome...here are some pictures for you...

andrew

if you order...

If you order water in Ireland, it will be fizzy water, not still. You have to ask for still water.

Thank you, Ireland.

Andrew.

winding down

So this should be my last official update post. I have some pictures of Galway, Connemara Marble, Celtic Crystal. The crystal factory was awesome because the 'master' cut a peice right in front of us. One of the professors asked him to customize it for HPU and we are going to have it once it is finished on campus.

Lunch was at a place called Durty Nelly's. Heard of it? Excellent ground beef burger. Tired of chips (fries). Oh but they have real good spicy mustard.

So I guess its nearing 7:00, and we are all at our hotel. We had a few hours to relax and unpack/repack before we fly out tomorrow. Tonight we have a traditional Irish feast. Imagine a Medieval times on a lower scale and less commercialized and more Irish. We eat with our hands, family syle, long tables and benches. Im looking forward to it.

And then we have to be on the bus by 5:50am Irish time and we are at the airport by 6:30am. I think we get to greensboro by 7:00 US eastern time, as long as we dont have any travel delays. So it will be a long long day. Upon returning to Raleigh by 9pm with the help of a few energy drinks, I will be making my priority stop for PF Changs fried rice, and my bed (it will be 2am Irish time!). And of course I get to turn my phone on.

so enjoy the pictures. Im going to go walk around the beautiful weather outside. I made it to the gym before I started writing this, and it felt AMAZING. Sauna on my to do list for Sunday.

Later blog world

Andrew