http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam Student Ambassador in Ireland from Tennessee Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:11:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to everyone for their pictures of all their friends they met along the way. I know there are a few missing but we could not take the camera everywhere I guess, we already were sticking out as the tourist we were. I hope this is a good last thing ... http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/07/01/208/ I love this picture because on our last Fri. and Sat. we went to two towns: Rock of Cashell and Castle Caire; we were so exausted we just wanted to take our ritualistic nap. The Montestary had us on a strict routine of dinner at 5:30; so we usually napped ... http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/29/185/ http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/29/181/ Coolmore's home is Ireland. It is home to 6 of the top 10 european sires in 2008. It is the largest breeding operation for Thoroughbred horses in the world. Gerry, our host, led us around some of the facilities where we saw Galileo, the world's most expensive horse worth 60 million ... http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/28/coolmore/ http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/27/136/ The people at Tipperary were some of the nicest people found on our journey. From Angela the most gracious host arranging receptions and trips to Hedge schools, Coolmore, and Irish dancing, she made sure we saw the best of her beautiful country. Derek, an irish man raised in England who ... http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/26/school-at-tipperary-institute/ We made our way over to the local High school in Thurles and the 5th year hurlers (17yo) taught us some of the techniques and rules of the game, apparently a very toddler version of the game. We had some stand out as true athletes like Charles, Leah and Allyson. ... http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/26/hurling/ It was raining again this morning with a grey sky. We were warned maybe the Cliffs would not be a good site to see today. An hour and half there, stay for 2 hours and then an hour and half back in the rain would not be fun. We resolved ... http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/25/cliffs-of-moher/ http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/24/galway-girls/ Galway, hands down, was our favorite city we visited. Between the lively downtown with street performers and the ocean and Cliffs of Moher we were overwhelmed with beauty, thus its own slideshow ensued. During our visit the large sailboats in the Volvo race came in and the town had an ... http://blogs.pstcc.edu/mlgilliam/blog/2009/05/23/galway/