From the book itself....

"It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company-- for he did all the talking. We fell together, as modest people will, in the tail of the herd that was being shown through, and he at once began to say things which interested me. As he talked along, softly, pleasantly, flowingly, he seemed to drift away imperceptibly out of this world and time, and into some remote era and old forgotten country; and so he gradually wove such a spell about me that I seemed to move among the specters and shadows and dust and mold of a gray antiquity, holding speech with a relic of it!"

Monday, May 10, 2010

It's been a while...

Hello there!

It's been a wile since I have checked in with everyone because I've been so busy the past few weeks doing..well not much oddly enough. After the whirlwind of adventures, trips and travels I have had previously, the past two weeks have been a little more relaxed and quiet. We had out last two weeks of classes and now we have a week off until the exam periods begins. For me though, I get almost three weeks off, two more left, because my first exam is not until May 21st. So plenty of time to prepare for my essays!

All of my exams are essay based, so I will sit down and write out one to two answers from a list of six to nine questions. To prepare I spend time rereading books, notes and lectures to make sure I have main ideas and themes down that we heard about in relation to the various novels in each class.

So aside from preparing for my four remaining exams I will be spending some time doing some last explorations in Ireland. I'll spend a few more days in Dublin seeing various sights, most importantly making a visit to my great-grandfathers home in Donnybrooke, a suburb of Dublin. I also have a final four day trip to Belfast planned, which I am very excited about.

I hope everyone else is doing well in the final stages of the semester, I will be sure to share my stories and pictures form my final adventures here in Ireland as soon as I can!

I hope all the Mothers out there had a great day yesterday!
Love you Mom!

Check in with everyone later,
Cheers!
Patrick
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