September 18th, day 13

I feel like i always start writing like this but today was such a good day.

We went to Lahinch beach surfing and to the Cliffs of Moher.

I must say that surfing with 15 degrees, rain and wind was definitely an experience. I had a lot of fun surfing, it wasn’t my first time so I was actually able to catch a good amount of waves. Surfing with the wetsuit was ok, it was not that cold but once you got out with the wind and the hair wet, I was really cold.

After surfing we went to the cliffs of Moher, the landscape was stunning, I really loved it, but the wind there was crazy, it was probably one of the strongest winds I’ve experience. 

After having lunch and a short walk through the cliffs we headed back to the school and finally home. 

cliffs of Moher 

Eimear’s little cousins Charlotte and  (I’m not sure that’s how it’s spelled) came to visit and we spent the afternoon together, they are both so funny I had the best time.

We also went to visit the farm again, the first time I went, there was a little cow apart from the rest, Eimear told me it was sick, well when we went today that poor little cow was dead, it was actually so sad. 

Beside that I had so much fun at the farm, I’m not used to the farmer life so doing things like getting into a lorry or a tractor are new things to me and I’m so happy to be able to experience them, even the simple things like seeing the cows.    


some of the cows at Eimear's farm


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