My House Deerpark

I share a room with Helene, a french girl in my group. The top left two windows are from our room. There are eight of us total living in the house. Despite the fact that we have had problems with Internet we really like living here! Bleach has become my new best friend with the wonderful Irish mold. We have a backyard but have yet to use it since it is kinda wet or we don't have time to really enjoy it. Our big project proposal is Jan 25th so we are stressed and busy as ever. We also have a presentation for a class to work on , a paper, another project/presentation for out retail class and internships to choose. Of course we also want to find time for some cheap travel before leaving for Paris March 2nd, ugh! Hard life, I know.

Fethard and Cahir

The old wall of Fethard that surrounded the city.
Cahir Castle

Trip to Cashel

Rock of Cashel

Travels Around Andelucia

Tamara and I took a day trip to Cordoba to see the Mezquita and the Old Jewish quarters. It was originally a Mosque built by the Moors. When the Christians ran the muslims out they built a cathedral right smack in the middle of it. Very interesting to see how the styles kinda blend together.

Espana Navidad - Nerja

The first top two pictures are from Tamara and my Christmas Day hike in the Rio Chillar not far from Felicity and Stefan's house. The views were superb! The next picture is the view of Nerja from their front patio. The picture of the beach is down by the town of Nerja. And last, there is us having dinner on Christmas Eve.

Kerst Gourmet

Our corridor had a goodbye/Christmas/Sinterklaas dinner last night. We did the typical dutch thing or gourmet. You cook everything together on a hot plate on the table. It is really fun! We had so many different kinds of things to grill. I made a swedish akta kladdkaka with a cinnamon/cardamom/almond/vanilla bean whip cream. They said they were definitely going to miss me and my creations in the kitchen. As a gift, they gave me a small photo album of each of us in the corridor and a book called "The Dutch I Pressume?". So nice of them!

From left to right it is Linda, Dryas, Marieke and Stella. They are all dutch.

I definitely had the best corridor. I didn't say it but actually people that know me spread the word so lots of the foreigners want my room when I leave!

The First Frost

The top picture is the field across my balconey. Frost all over the grass. The second is the parking lot of my student housing. The following is a picture of the building "The Forum" I attended some classes in as well as spent all day in everyday last week studying for my tests. It is about 15min by bike from where I live. It is a new building and very "Hezellig" and nice to study it. The library is also in there. The bridge is a small one that connects the street to the building. It was covered in frost or powder ice so I had to take a picture. It was also strangely nice and sunny that day.
I've decided my idea of calling the weather cold is anything 32F or below. That is when I start to feel cold especially on the bike and my face starts to hurt from the wind :(