-Kenton
It's Sarah's Birthday today! The first thing we learned in class was how to tell Sarah happy birthday. Class is alway's fun. It's great to be able to learn a different language without constantly worrying about being judged on how well you doing. It's nice to learn a language just because I want to.
After Class I walked into town and ate at the cafe. I decided to try the hamburger with pinapple. If I had my choice again I wouldn't have bothered. I mean it didn't taste bad but it was just a frozen patty with canned pinnapple at on it. I could have made that at home better and cheaper. But as always the chips were delicious, it's really hard to screw up fries though. I also made a stop by the post office and picked up stamps, I found out where the laundrette is two. It's was hidden befind a fork in the road. If you were comming from the school towards town you need to take the left at the fork and it's on the left die of the street. We had only been taking the right because that's the way to town.
I ran into Ireland Julie and Sarah along the way. I-Julie was destracting Sarah so Joe and our Julie cound finish icing the cake. When the cake was done we went and got Joe and A-Julie and we all went to Biddy's. We stayed for a little while but the we went to Rhaorty's... Completeing the trinity tour of pubs in Glean Cholm Cille. By the time we were at Rhorty's we had a good sized group including two instructors at the school who played electric guitar and fiddle.
Slowly we all started to drizzle out and head to the girls cottage to setup for Sarah. When Sarah finnally made her way home we all surprised her...I was surprised she didn't expect anything. There was great music, dancing, and even a little bit of harp playing...You'd be surprised the harp is a great party instrument. I left around for but it was still going when I left so I'm not really sure exactly how long it lasted. I have some videos, Links are below.
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As Kenton mentioned, today was Sarah's birthday. Having a birthday in Ireland means planning something extra special, so I suggested to everyone that we bake her a cake. Now, when I first thought of baking a cake I was not anticipating a long arduous process. My baking skills typically range from slice cookies to box cakes. Unfortunately, neither of my specialities is available in GlenCholmcille; therefore, as I mentioned before, Joe, Julie and I took on the challenge of baking a cake from scratch.
First, Joe and I also had to make a Happy Birthday banner in Irish. Julie was adament that we must have a banner, so Andrew's translation this morning really aided us in the process. After surreptitiously creating a banner in the school's computer lab, Joe and I went back to his house and made whipped cream for the cake. I was concerned something might happen to the cake overnight, but it was still waiting for us when we arrived. After trying to whip cream with a spoon for a half an hour, Joe's roommate finally suggested we put it in a container and shake it. Marvelous! Suddenly we had icing. The cake was ready and the banner.
As Kenton mentioned, we were able to keep the party a secret by taking Sarah pub hopping. It was very difficult to get her to leave the pub (later she mentioned that she thought I was being mean by making her move so fast) but eventually we made it back to the house. Sarah's reaction was worth all the work. I've never been at such a great party. It was good craic. The teachers and other students here were so obliging in helping us and celebrating. It's a night not to be forgotten.
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