So since my trip in Galway, I've spent the last two weekends lying low in Cork. I've slacked off on travelling for a few reasons, one being that Cork's International Jazz Festival took place last weekend. From Thursday to Sunday, over 1000 bands descended on Cork and played in every pub, park, and other free space in the city. The festival totally took over the city, with people packed into every space possible and soft soulful jazz playing everywhere you went. Even when I wasn't watching a show, I enjoyed having something to listen to every time I had to run errands downtown. Adding to the excitement of Jazz Fest is that of Halloween! I assume the holidays a big deal here, as adorable little kids in princess dresses and monster costumes have been running around the city centre all week. Not that I miss trick or treating and Halloween parties or anything...
More importantly, it seems that come mid November, ill be spending almost every weekend travelling Europe, with Dublin thrown in for good measure. To say that Ive never been excited for anything in my life (besides coming to ireland, duh) would be an understatement. But because I have actual classwork to do, and because these adventures are going to give my bank account a Richard Simmons workout, Ive instead been keeping myself busy with:
--trying and failing to keep up with my friends from school
--Trying and failing to keep up with the blackhawks, as they play at 2 AM Ireland time and frankly don't have an offense worth caring about right now
--running a lot (half marathon in 2015)
--micromanaging the nitty gritty details of my travels and building up my already unrealistic expectations of the places Im going
--Picking classes for winter quarter, coming up with nothing, and plotting ways to spend winter quarter in ireland instead
--applying for summer jobs, coming up with nothing, and plotting ways to just teach english in europe instead
...and of course getting that pesky school stuff out of the way :)
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