back in gaillimh

it's been a while, but I hope that can be forgiven. russia was amazing, as was the weather at every port, except for copenhagen, which was pretty decent inspite of that.
my apartment here is galway looks amazing, especially after trojan hall and la sorbonne. I'm probably not going to stay there until friday, since the folks are in town and the b&b has more sheets and towels that I do. I registered today and got my student id, and yesterday I got a cell phone, which should be very useful.
we toured around ireland for a bit after we finished the cruise, and I have to say that clonmacnoise, the rock of cashel, and glendalough were every bit as amazing as I had hoped they would be. somehow, just being here makes me happy. I miss california, of course, but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now.