No more news really, just some more pictures from our trip to Galway. The one below is of the view from Sky Road.

The Burren is a huge limestone field that used to be purely limestone with no grass at all, but because the weather has become less harsh some grass has popped up here and there. This is me and my roommate Kinsley, who is precious.

On Sunday we left for a 4 day trip to Galway! My favorite 4 days of the trip so far. Such beautiful

sights, I hope you enjoy the pictures! So many different landscapes in such a small country!

                The Cliffs of Mohre, better known as The Cliffs of Insanity from Princess Bride!

                                   A panoramic view of the most beautiful country I've ever seen.

                                           Dash and I at the Burren - A limestone field.

 Baili and I on top of the cliffs at the Aran Islands after a bike ride. Don't worry, Tammy wouldn't let us get any closer than 6 feet without army crawling.

This is my friend Baili, we went to Dublin on my birthday and got our noses pierced together! It was so much fun and we've had a great weekend at week so far. We have an Art As Experience paper due tomorrow so we're writing our paper (with some distractions) at the Beach House, a local pub.

I was really worried about my birthday being so soon after we got here, I was afraid that I wouldn't have good friends to celebrate with but that is definitely not the case! I have been blessed with all these wonderful people to experience this journey with. This is a picture of my bed and some of the goodies they surprised me with. I miss you all from home and wish you could be experiencing this with me! God has given me a peace about where I am right now and the banner that hangs in my room here says "Love Your Ground" which I encourage you all to do as well!

 Earlier this week on Monday we left for Kilkenny. This is the hotel that we stayed at for the night. Well, the girls stayed there and the boys stayed at a hostel.

 One of the round towers outside of a church in Kilkenny - Beautiful Celtic influence.

My favorite place I've seen so far: Hooke Lighthouse in County Wexford. My camera died right after I took this picture so it is the only one I have. No pictures would do this area justice. To the right of the lighthouse is a rocky coast where Brian (our bus driver) grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. This is the oldest lighthouse still in operation and is about 800 years old.

 After our scavenger hunt in Dublin we stopped by the once a year Tall Ship Festival (sail boats). Throughout this past week there have been races by boats from all over the world!

Part of my scavenger hunt team (Katie to my left and Mikayla to my right) on the Haypenny bridge. We ran all over Dublin today looking for sights such as the biggest coffee shop, Bewleys. Our team won the scavenger hunt!

Today was another beautiful day, with a little rain of course. We had Foundations of Christian Thought and all shared our testimonies today. This took about 3 hours and was an amazing and emotional time. I felt like it was a good 10 steps forward in building relationships with all these wonderful people. My heart was broken hearing their stories. I went to a coffee shop, Costa, with Kinsley today and it was wonderful. Before dinner every night we watch the Irish news then after we watched The 13th Warrior and wrote a paper comparing it to Beowulf.