Today I discovered that there is a wonderful path along the river to UL (that's short and cool for "University of Limerick"). Imagine me cycling over charming stone bridges and passing fishermen and swans - got it? Wow, I had totally forgotten that happiness could in fact also be found outside MIC. Limerick can be nice, even picturesque! All those dogs were a nuisance though. Next time I'll pretend to be an Irish train. If the dogs, however, then pretend to be Irish cows, I'll be stuck in a mess worse than the one after our hole-in-the-wall house party. Uah.UL is no beauty, but still I was
excited to be there. It was so great to feel a little bit intellectual again. MIC is nice, but honestly, how should one feel academic walking through corridors stuffed with flower pots?! In UL, there is also a real library - not comparable to this kind of "small village book sharing" of Mary I. I could have jumped high in the air: Norton Anthology of American Literature. Just saved CHF 90!Now I'm off for 5 days -
graduation days in MIC. And you know what they did today? They cleaned all the floors! They put impressive flower arrangements everywhere. And everyone is excited. The robes are prepared. Phew, as far as I remember, our BA ceremony was somewhat different. Why do I complain?! We had flowers, didn't we? Let me check. Ah, there it is. I knew I had this picture somewhere.
2 Kommentare:
This might be a bit off-topic, but: who is this impressive-looking man, the Bard of Thomond?
Not at all! Unfortunately, there is no comment button for the bits on the right hand side.
The Bard of Thomond was Michael Hogan. He was born in Limerick in 1832 and wrote some prose and verse for the newspapers. His writing was collected and published under the title "Lays and legends of Thomond". "Thomond" is the name given to the region of north Munster.
Kommentar veröffentlichen