Weekend Adventure!

So this past weekend a couple of us hopped on a bus and took off for the wonderful blue grass music festival happening at the Ulster-American folk park. Now the Ulster-American Folk Park is a park devoted to showing how the immigrants from northern Ireland(A.K.A Ulster) had an effect on the way that the United States of America were formed. Just attending this park on any given day would have been cool as the whole park is set back in the good ole days and there are people dressed in costumes walking around telling the history that goes along with the park. But we were lucky enough to be able to go on such a day as the Blue Grass Music Festival. It was really cool seeing all of the bands play and they had 5 stages with different concerts going on at all times. Another cool part was that one of the host families bands was playing at it called the Henry Sister. I would put a video up but for some reason the Internet doesn't like me so a picture will have to suffice.

Once at the park we enjoyed the music, each others company, as well as some good burgers and ice cream. even though it was only maybe 55 degrees outside. gotta love those Ireland summers...

the last few days it has been raining which has put a damper on the whole walking to and from class as well as the grocery store attitude. but in other news i got to truly test my new rain jacket which works awesomely. Thanks mom and dad for getting it for me for my birthday! To try and boost our modes from the cool wet weather, Josh and I decided to make some chili tonight. this was interesting because neither of us knew how to as well as we didn't really know what to use. but after consulting a very sketchy looking online recipe we decided to go after it anyways, and with the help of our host brother who saved the day with some spices it turned out pretty good. Next item on the dinner menu to try and tackle is meatloaf. oh how cooking for yourself can be kind of exciting!