As I mentioned on my last blog post of 1st semester (The End Part One) that the thing what creates this experience in Ireland is not just the place, it is the people. Last weekend Laura's and mine friend Lisa came for weekend re-visit to Maynooth. Also Annika came to visit here for a same weekend. Lisa flew from Germany on Wednesday and Annika took a bus at Saturday from a farm where she's working as a volunteer near Galway.
But at this time, places where not my main interest, it was people. I was of course looking forward at first place to meet Lisa and Annika but also curious to hear how did they feel after their Erasmus semester had been over and "normal life" started again. Nevertheless they where two people, two different stories: working in a farm or waiting second semester to kick up in at the home university. Both their greetings and stories were interesting to hear and made me think. How does the farm offers a possibility to integrate deeper in a real Irish life at countryside as the student life can't be called "a real Irish life" or what happens when many of your friends that you have spent one semester with are suddenly all gone and "a normal student life" that you have used to is about to start again. One main point anyway was that this is the Erasmus life, which is one of its' kind and can't be compared... And as nice it was to return same place again, it wasn't the same without the all the same people who were there with you. I kind of feel that already but I guess that I understand it completely after few months when this is (already!) over.
So the schedule for the week(end) was more over obvious... Wednesday to Brady's and Thursday to Roost, official student experience in Maynooth ;) On Friday once we have the grill, it was time to use it again. Then on Sat & Sun we had a car to drive around to seen different places than just Maynooth. We visited on Donegal on Saturday and Sunday around some towns quite near here Maynooth, even that I had visited most of places already I was pleasantly going those places again because I simply just enjoyed those that much, like standing on the edge of the Slieve League Cliffs or sitting on a desolated shore of the rocky beach...
Still every time there is something new and at this time it was the surfers. I was already aware of that there are actually quite popular surfing beaches in Ireland but I haven't seen even a single surfer before Saturday. Now there they were, wearing wetsuits and diving to big (cold) waves of Atlantic Ocean before get on stand on their surfing board to enjoy the ride.
But at this time, places where not my main interest, it was people. I was of course looking forward at first place to meet Lisa and Annika but also curious to hear how did they feel after their Erasmus semester had been over and "normal life" started again. Nevertheless they where two people, two different stories: working in a farm or waiting second semester to kick up in at the home university. Both their greetings and stories were interesting to hear and made me think. How does the farm offers a possibility to integrate deeper in a real Irish life at countryside as the student life can't be called "a real Irish life" or what happens when many of your friends that you have spent one semester with are suddenly all gone and "a normal student life" that you have used to is about to start again. One main point anyway was that this is the Erasmus life, which is one of its' kind and can't be compared... And as nice it was to return same place again, it wasn't the same without the all the same people who were there with you. I kind of feel that already but I guess that I understand it completely after few months when this is (already!) over. 
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