Three weeks now and Ireland still has yet to loose any of its luster. This glorious little flat has definitely become home, and the thought of giving up tea time at eleven everyday upon my …
Ireland
Sarah
The first few days here have been crazy. I will attempt to recount some of my various escapes since arriving here and some of the knowledge I have gleaned in the last 5 days or …
Dreams of getting on the right plane, being prepared, and looking spiffy in a suit
I have two days left in these here United States before I set off for Dublin. It still doesn’t seem completely real to me. Right now I feel only complete excitement, but I suspect by …
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying good-bye so hard" [Annie]
Dublin 2009 is officially over. A quick recap before the sentimental stuff: After the U2 concert, we had a week of class left. It went by quickly, too quickly. I spent the last 2 weekends …
U2 Concert @ Croake Park!
The most memorable night I’ve had in 5 weeks was on Friday night. Jacki, Matt, and I made a spur of the moment purchase and went to see U2 in concert. It was a perfect …
In the middle of the riots….
I just got back from a week-long trip to Northern Ireland and Scotland…which means technically my country count is up to 3, woohoo! We left from Dublin last Sunday for a day bus trip to …
Seagulls attacking, cool program events, and the place I want to live someday…
It’s been awhile….things have been crazy busy around here. I think I’ll give a brief run-down and then try to show the rest in pictures. It’s hard to believe there is only one month left …
We Want Moher…Galway!
This weekend a fairly large group of students (11 total) from my program went to Galway for the weekend. Galway is located on the west side of the country, across the country from Dublin. …
First week of class….done!
It’s Thursday morning here and I’m sitting in Starbucks (how American) paying for internet because I had to send some attachments and we can’t do that in the only lab they give us internet. It’s …
I just wish they'd give us our books….
Classes are underway and surprisingly exhausting…..we all felt like we were in high school again as we had class straight from 10-6 on Monday! But it’s a great (and tough) university, we learned today it …