Galway continued... more UREKAs!

The next morning was well rough. 4 hours of sleep, and having to go meet people from the other UREKA program. I think I might have still woken up with a slight buzz, but alas, I got myself up and looking fresh. Most of us looked ok from the night before, though Jussi seemed to be dragging a bit.

We headed to NUIG, the National University of Ireland, Galway:



That morning we met up with other UREKA students participating in the same program as us, but in Galway. The night before we had bet on how nerdy they were going to be. It turned out, they probably party more than we do! We listened to some lectures, trying not to fall asleep, and then participated in a speed "networking" session where everyone had to guess everyone else's interesting fact. (Mine was that I'm a quadruplet... never fails!!) I pretty much failed at guessing everyone else's, and instead tried to get to know the other students better. There were people from America, Poland, Ireland and probably other places I can't quite remember. Lunch, another lecture where I was falling asleep even more (James said at one point he looked over at me and I was out for 2 minutes. Luckily he kicked my leg and I jolted back awake). All of the Irish students then took off (flakes!!!) for Dublin, so it was once again the internationals heading off. After going to the Galway students' BBQ for about an hour, we got some numbers from the Galway students so we could meet up later.

Laetitia wanted something from the city so we (including James) headed in and explored a bit more, while Luke and Jussi napped back at the hostel.

We then went and bought some drank (ie apple cider for James and I) and headed to pre drink with the students from Galway. It was quite intersting finding their place, as it seemed we were going into a bunch of woods by a river, but we finally found it and also got to see a rainbow!!



We had a fun pre drink, including me looking behind me and James crawling through a window, and several plans made for the night. We finished our two bottles of apple cider (4 pints) and headed out.

We went the Quays first where they were playing live music and then headed to Cuba, a night club. Made some great friends with the Galway students and more memories made. The plans failed, but still an amazing night.






This time for our munchies, Supermacs (ew) was not going to happen so we went to guess where?? Yep McDonalds. I had my first McDonalds ever in a foreign country. Not as good, but satisfied my appetite.