The Cliffs of Moher

So today was the first day of orientation, and it was everything I expected it to be. We sat through some lectures on safety, as well as what life at UL would be like. It was nice though because we got a little break in the middle and I got to know some people a little better.

After orientation, we piled onto a bus (or "coach" as they call it) and a madman (seriously) hurled us through the countryside of County Clare up to the Cliffs of Moher. The Cliffs of Moher are huge cliffs that overlook the Atlantic Ocean and have some historical significance with the Spanish Armada. None of the students here really know what that history is considering our coach driver had an insanely thick accent and was talking really fast (the Irish are notorious for this). Nonetheless, the cliffs were absolutely gorgeous; I will post pictures once I'm on my own computer. As we were about to get off the bus to walk up the steps along the cliffs, our driver warned us that if it looked like rain we should hurry down as quickly as possible or we'd "surely get a soakin'". So the 20 of us walked up the steps, taking pictures along the way, and realized that the wind was really strong. Some of us decided to ignore it, so we went out to the castle that stands on the end of one of the cliffs (don't worry mom, not too close to the edge). When we got up there, however, we were quickly greeted by gusting winds of literally 80 or 90mph. It was ridiculous...a lot of us had a pretty hard time walking up there, so we took shelter behind a castle wall until we decided to brave it out and scurry down the steps. Turns out as soon as we got into the visitors center, it started pouring and a weather warning was issued. We were pretty glad to have gotten out of the weather just in time.


Anyway, like I said, I will post pictures when I am able. Until then, I will be at program orientation and will officially move into UL on Wednesday so I can start my UL orientation (too much orienting for me).

Hope everyone at home is doing well!! I miss you all!!