I know I have not been keeping up with this the best the past week but I will make sure to get people caught up. Besides classes, which have been pretty normal to the weeks before, I have explored some of the towns around me more, gone Halloween shopping, dyed my hair, took a trip to the Atrium, and a few other smaller activities.
I will start with all the exploring I have done with my new friend Eve over the past week. We have gone into Coleraine a few times for multiple trips and I have probably bought more items than I should have, but they all have purpose and good intentions. One trip was just for exploring along with checking out all the resale stores they have in town… which is a lot. I think we spent 3 hours in the area and did not make it to all of them. We did some more looking around on this last Friday when I dyed my hair bleach blonde. It was a crazy change from my light brown hair but I like it. It is cute and edgy all at the same time. Not much happened the rest of the day except for some Netflix and attempt to do homework. The real fun happened the next day.
Saturday, a group of international students headed out for the Atrium on a bus. The Atrium is an area of large hills off the north east coast of Northern Ireland and it is a sight. We took two trips down into the valley ways of the hills and with all the colored leaves and Autumn smell in the cool air, it was a perfect day well spent. The paths were well kept with sturdy wooden bridges to take us over the smooth flowing water down the rest of the valley. There were a bunch of waterfalls as well, all different shapes and sizes. My favorite was towards the end of the first tour down into the valley and it was almost crescent shaped framing the water below it. It was wide in size and probably 30 feet tall. Hopefully I will be able to make another trip out to the Atrium while I am here and I can take some more amazing photos. I uploaded a lot onto Facebook and I believe most of the good ones on Instagram if anyone wants to check it out.
Yesterday was probably the next best day besides Monday night which included playing sports at the iCafe (program at a church for international students to do something every Monday night). Not much happened Monday night besides eating, playing UNO, and talking to friends. Yesterday was nice because we took a trip into Coleraine again to hit up a few stores while my bike tires (they spell it tyers here) were getting fixed because both tubes were popped. First, we had to go buy some yarn becaaaaause my friend Eve will be teaching me how to croshay. Which means we also had to go get some hooks from another shop in town. The rest of the time was spent in TK Maxx (not TJ Maxx but the same thing) and makeup shops looking for a few extra things for Halloween. Inspired by one of my professors, I am going to be Edna for Halloween and I can not wait. I already had the wig, glasses, outfit, and some shoes I purchased last week while shopping but I still needed some lipstick and tights. Eve needed more makeup for her Maleficent outfit she is going to wear so we were mainly looking for her.
That should be pretty much it with being caught up besides the Titanic trip Eve and I went on in Belfast, but I will save that story for next time. Stay posted and check out my pictures I have uploaded for some visuals! 🙂
Taking on Ireland 