Christina

On Wednesday, we woke up bright and somewhat early to travel to downtown Cork to visit the building where Cork Institute of Technology's Art Therapy program is located. We saw an informative presentation about the program and art therapy's development in Ireland, and then got to talk directly with students in the program. It was so cool to talk to the students and learn about our differences, such as licensure and accessibility, but to also find similarities in our passions about populations and theoretical orientations. We've also learned how small this city really is because we've run into to some of the CIT students while walking around since our morning visit!After the visit, we had the whole day free to explore the city! A small group of us set out to knock out some souvenir shopping and find the best food, which seem to be the places you have to work for to find since they are hidden around corners and down side alleys. Lastly, we seem to have mastered the double decker bus system here since we are really racking up the mileage on our feet early in the day. Tomorrow is our Blarney Castle visit, and we are so excited to explore outside of the downtown area and see some SHEEP!

Louis takes a selfie in front of the Cork Institute of Technology Art Therapy building