Ballycastle

I'm settling into my first day here in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim and I've already met a ton of lovely people :) Mondays are pretty quiet here at the centre and consist of a lot of meetings, which weren't really that exciting, but it gave me a chance to meet most of the staff and volunteers. There are volunteers from all over the world here including a couple more from America, and very very strangely there is a 24 year old girl named Allie, who resides from....dun dun dunn....EAGAN, MN. SO WEIRD. Why is it wherever I go on the planet there always seems to be someone from a Mpls/St Paul suburb? I don't get it.

Unfortunately it's raining out this afternoon (gasp), so I can't go for the walk I had planned on and appreciate where I am. Corrymeela is perched up on top of a cliff and looking out over the town of Ballycastle and about a thousand miles of ocean. Also, on clear days you can see Rathlin Island (it has puffins!) a few miles out, and on very clear days you can even see Scotland across the water. So beautiful!

THANK GOODNESS my boxes were quietly awaiting me when I arrived here yesterday. I guess most people bring all of their things along with them, because apparently the hot topic for a week or so around the centre was the mystery volunteer who sent half her life across the world with her. Word is there were even bets going about how much they weighed and how much it must've cost to post them. This place has gossip like a small town, I tell you. Hence, whenever I met anyone today the response was "You're the one with the packages!!" Sigh. Yep.

I feel bad mooching off my roommates computer as mine is still living in Minnesota (hopefully I'll have it in a few weeks!). So ta for now.

all the best
karen