Today was my last day of classes at the Irish Fest Summer School. One person dropped out of the fiddling class yesterday, but the rest of us really enjoyed it, and I plan to stay in touch with a guy from the UP who plays in an Irish band up there. The lunchtime slow session was wonderful, and my Irish teacher was happy with how many tunes she could play. I had a cheese bagel that I bought at the Celtic Cultural Center (suggested donation: $2), and I still had half my sushi from dinner last night, so I wasn't planning to go out to lunch. Good thing, because the two ladies I have had lunch with the last couple of days wanted to play Scrabble in Irish. We didn't keep score, so in a sense we were all winners.
My Irish teacher wanted to get gelato at the local chocolate shop at two, so one of the ladies and I walked over there, but she was just buying chocolate. My Irish teacher at summer school was there, so when my Irish teacher Famie arrived, the three of us sat together, and they chatted in Irish. I got a scoop of chocolate gelato and one of pistachio to replicate a Dubai chocolate. In Irish class, we read proverbs in Irish, then we joined the other half of the class led by our teacher's brother, upstairs in the music library. They were acting out some goofy scenario about drug dealing, and the brother said we were the three sisters Anne, Anna, and Anya, so one of the ladies decided we should be the three weird sisters from Shakespeare, cooking a potion, and we ended up making ice cream that they sold. Improv is crazy.
When class was done, the two ladies and I exchanged hugs and contact info, then Famie and I went back to the sushi restaurant because last night we were too full to try the desserts. We wanted to try the yuzu cheesecake and the matcha cheesecake, and they were both good, but we had to give it to the yuzu one because the citrus flavor went so well with the cheesecake. Back at the apartment I ate my leftover sushi, then we went to the Grand Hooley. In our student packets, we each got a ticket to go to Irish Fest for free tonight, and Thursday night is The Grand Hooley. (If you have any idea what that means, feel free to tell me.) Friday is The Gathering and Sunday is The Scattering, and I can't remember what they call Saturday, which is the main day. Not all of the festival is running yet, but some of the stages had acts, so we watched a trad band from Ireland, then we danced a circle dance, then we chatted with some other people from the summer school, and then we watched two dancing brothers who are internet sensations. The fish and chips is ridiculously expensive there, but it's also a ridiculous portion size, so we split one. We also got bottles of water and then refilled them, since you can't bring water bottles in but there are drinking fountains. We took a turn through the shopping area but didn't see anything compelling enough to buy, so we just headed back to the apartment. The bridges by the fairgrounds are lit up so beautifully at night.
My big decision is whether to take a brief class tomorrow. I'm supposed to work for four hours tomorrow morning, but we have to check out by 11, so I may end up working at Starbucks or just working a couple more hours after getting home tomorrow afternoon, so in that case I could take the class. It's some survey of Irish tunes.
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