Cork

So I'm one lazy blogger and I've haven't written anything for a while. Here is what I did on the weekend of the 6th. I promise I have decent reason for not updating. I took the train down to Cork and stayed for the weekend. It was a lot of fun and I proved to myself that I can travel by myself. Cork is the other city in Ireland that has a program with CU. I'm glad I chose Dublin. Cork is a lovely city but it has a very sleepy feeling. I love the energy of Dublin and the feel of it. Cork is a walking city. I mean I walked everywhere, even got a couple blisters.

 The center of the city has several streets that are pedsitiran or at least very low traffic. They were a great place to wander and see the life of Cork. In this area was the English Market, which was an giant indoor market place. There were stalls selling everything from fish to baked goods. It reminded me of the market in Rome. The similarity to Rome continued in the amount of churches scattered about. They were everywhere and, although they weren't as ornate as you would see in Rome, they were beautiful. I also stopped at the Crawford Art Gallery and spent a couple hours wandering through halls of Irish art. My favorite exhibit was a set of drawings that were the schematics for stained glass windows. I saw the cathedral and the city jail. I spent a ton of time wandering around the city just looking at street art and architecture. I even went an saw a movie. I spent Saturday night in the Hostel bar listening to a band, chatting with the locals and drinking hard apple cider, my drink of choice. This is probably no the due this trip deserves so I may come back and edit this later but I have more things to add.