First time in Cork City

Today, I could hitch a ride into Cork with Shane. He is visiting the Univerity College (UCC) in Cork to make an MBA. I had to wake up really early at 7.30h as we left at 8.20am. The weather wasn´t to good, but it wasn´t raining. On the way into Cork City the sun came out a little bit.

I started my sightseeing  tour at UCC. From there I walked onto Washington Street to St. Patrick´s Street. There weren´t a lot of people around. On Washington Street are a couple of shops with tiny doors like a Thai Shop or other junk food stores.
The first thing on my to do list, was to get a new sim card. Coming from Washington street I run right into an o2 store. The shop assistant was really friendly and now I am the proud owner of an Irish cell phone number. :)
Getting a new sim card was actually my only to do item, so I walk around and went a little shopping. First thing I went into a bookshop to buy a travel guide about Ireland. Looking around the store I spotted a cookbook from Jamie Oliver "Dinner in 30min". Sounds perfect for me as I am too lazy cookinf for myself. It has some delicious recipes in it and I can´t wait to start cooking. I stayed downtown until noon, walking around different shops (GAP!!! :) ), than I took a bus back to UCC were I was supposed to meet Shane at half past one.
His lecturer decided to keep the students for an hour longer, so I walked around UCC Campus. It´s a nice campus, very central. Some of the buildings remind me on barracks or a building from Eastern Germany. I don´t know how many students go to UCC but I doesn´t look like a very big university.

Shane and I came back to Kinsale around 4pm. I thought about going for a bike ride, but went upstairs to read instead.
During dinner, Casey joined me, and she drove me crazy. She jumps up in my lap claws first. I can tell you, it hurts quite a bit. She can´t sit still like other cats, she´s always biting or trying out her claws on my fingers or clothes. I got so annoyed that I put her outside. But Shane let her back in.

If the weather is nice, I will make a bike tour to the Charlesfort, one of the Kinsale tourist attractions.
take care