Arrival in Cork

It was quite a journey to get to Cork. I left on December 31 and arrived on January 1st. I flew from Minneapolis to Chicago, Chicago to London, and London to Cork. I met up with Mike in Chicago and we flew the rest of the way together. The flight from Chicago to London took a lot out of us. It was hard to sleep because there were a bunch of babies back in our section of the plane and the seats were just uncomfortable. The guy sitting next to me was pretty difficult to deal with. He had to go to the bathroom like four times and he was in the window seat. The plane was pretty sweet though because we each had a tv built into the headrest in front of us. You could choose movies or tv shows to watch and you could even listen to music on there. Big ups to British Airways for supplying us with that entertainment.

When we arrived in Cork we got a taxi and got dropped off at our house. I forgot to take a picture of it, but I will definitely put some pictures up of it later. We unpacked a bit and then explored the city for awhile. We saw the Beamish Factory on our way into the city. I don't know a whole lot about it except for the fact that they make beer.

Beamish Factory

After that we crossed the river, headed into the city and looked for something to eat. We were a little intimidated and of course went with the safe option of McDonald's (with 100% Irish Beef of course). A lot of the places were closed because it was New Years Day. After exploring the city we came back to the house and crashed in our room for awhile.

Following some much needed rest we decided to use our second day to make our way over to University College Cork. It was a lot smaller than Iowa State, but the campus had a great feel to it. Here are some pictures that I took of the campus.

Honan Chapel

Student Centre

O'Rahilly Building

I will try and update this as frequently as I can. I will save the action from today and yesterday for another post.