Party time!

Last night was insane!! I mean, out of my realm of anticipation insane. I'm not sure if all of the Erasmus students work on the same brainwaves or if we just have a complex communication system that I'm not aware of, but it seemed like every foreign student I know went to The King's Head pub last night for Halloween. After hanging out with my neighbors for a bit, we traveled to the city center to see if we could throw our own Halloween celebration. I knew that a few of my friends were at The King's Head, so I suggested stopping there first to see if they were still there. (I don't have a cell phone, and while I LOVE that, it can be challenging to find people without one.) They ended up being there, and like I said, tons of our other friends were too. The pub was buzzing with activity. There was a costume contest, a very accomplished Lance Armstrong-lookalike DJ was spinning tunes, and lots and lots of dancing! Even the guys danced! We definitely 'cut a rug' (as my WI friend Mike put it). I think we boogied from 11 pm until 3 am. Whew! Oh, and I got a free hat. Ha. Minor detail. Afterwards, we continued tradition with none other than a crepe stop. Most of us agree that last night was one of the best nights we've had here in Galway, and I think a fair amount of that is due to these fantastic people.

Today Mike, Carolin, Nick Bower and I headed down to the Saturday market to buy veggies and hang out. We explored gift shops and I gave an extended tour of the little-known areas of Galway that I have discovered in my wanderings. After watching a movie with Stephanie, I hunkered down and finished a project that's due on Thursday. I have a few papers I need to write too, but I have at least two weeks before I need to turn them in. (They're due whenever my professor returns from leave; he had surgery last week.) I need to finish a book for one of them.

Going down to church in the morning, then I think we're going to try and go on the "Haunted Galway" Ghost Bus Tour, which will be perfect for my nightmares. :)

Oh! I'm so excited! I'm heading to see Elyse this coming weekend! She's making a stop in London on her European adventure, and I'm flying there to meet her for a few days. She will then continue to Edinburgh before heading to Ireland to see me again! She and I have been keeping up quite a bit since we've been gone (both of us since September), and I am stoked to see her smiling face! Hopefully we can provide a sense of normalcy for each other. I fly out after my class on Friday and will be there until Monday night. Yay!!!