Today in Ireland was an absolutely beautiful day and we strolled through city centre and was able to capture (kind of) a picture of us in front of a fountain.

During our class lecture Professor Lightfoot talked about how America went “rogue” when it comes to International Relations and Professor Kesler talked about how prejudice, discrimination and racism affect culture. We also did an in class activity where we split into groups depending on our religion.

We had a group of Catholics, a group of Baptists, a group of Jewish and a group of Non-Denominational. We were then asked three things; What assumptions do people make about your religion, what do you know to be true about your religion, and what questions do you have about other religions?

We ended up having a half hour conversation about religion that was absolutely fascinating. It was wonderful to see such different beliefs coming together to discuss how similar we are as people and that instead of judging each based upon our differences, how easy it was to come together based on our similarities.

After class, a group headed back to the Clarence house to gather some belongings before heading out to go shopping!!

We walked along the city walls to get to Primark, think of a Forever 21 in America but even better. It’s a 3 floor shopping heaven. Since there’s only girls in our group, we could have easily spent 4 hours in there 🙂

After Primark, we went to a cute little novelty shop that has all things Irish and 4 of us bought Claddagh rings. Read about the history of the Claddagh here.

We then meandered back to our little bed and breakfast and changed for our night in with Professor Kesler and her husband who sang in the Argyle. It was amazing in every possible way. They have a chemistry unmatched to anything I’ve seen and it shows in the way they perform music. They played an assortment of songs from Johnny Cash to Radiohead and totally rocked it. We also heard from Dr. Anne Tracy who sang with her husband as well.

Now, we’re in for the night and tomorrow we’re headed to Glenvaugh National Park where I’m sure we’ll have a fantabulous time!