Day 5

This is only my fifth full day in Galway, but I feel like I have been here for so much longer. Summer feels like a distant memory, especially the heat. Although I haven't been here long, there are some definite things I am starting to pick up about Ireland.
1. It rains a lot. I knew this before I came, but it is different to here about it than it is to live in it. It's more a question of when it will rain and how hard than if it will rain.
2. The Irish don't say their th's. So three becomes tree, ect. Unlike the rain, I really like this.
3. Biscuits are amazing. Digestives (my new favorite brand) are going to be my downfall.
4. People walk here. I honestly don't think I have ever walked so much in my life, and that is saying a lot when I look back at my first few weeks at Cal Poly.
5. The people who created Skype were amazing. It is so nice to be able to both hear and see the person you are talking too (especially when it's your twin!).
6. The stereotypes about Ireland are not just stereotypes. People really are incredibly friendly (especially the taxi drivers) and they drink just as much as we think they do.
7. The Irish are really laid back about some things. My favorite illustration of this is the story of the main building on campus. When it was being built they switched the plans with a college up North. Consequently, they built the wrong buildings in the wrong places; the one that was supposed to be built in Galway was built in Belfast and the one that was planned for Belfast ended up in Galway. How does that happen??
8. Although Ireland is cold and rainy and contains some pretty impossible accents, it's also beautiful and friendly, and I'm pretty excited to be living here for a semester!