A whole week to ourselves to spend solely in Galway... no overnight excursions, no flights to catch and no sleeping in hostels. This past week we took it down a notch for a refreshing change in pace. While I absolutely love exploring the rest of Ireland on our weekend trips, it was beginning to feel… Continue reading Home Sweet Home: Galway Edition
There is no better sound than the clanking of steins as the word "prosit" echoes throughout a lively group. There is no better sight than a server carrying 14 steins filled to the brim with beer to a rowdy table. There is no better feeling than cinching your blouse and zipping your dirndl, or hiking… Continue reading The Festival of all Festivals: Octoberfest
Some people are gifted with a sixth sense. I am one of those people... except I don't sense spirits, I have a keen sense for finding bugs. I can spot a fly from across the room and I know the ideal hiding spots for all the spiders. In another life, I think I could have… Continue reading The Not So Itsy Spider
I went from eating like royalty to finding my food along our walk to the beach. As I mentioned in my last blog post, our meals for the past excursion weekend were five star quality. But the reality of Monday hit and we were back to eating normal, college-budget food. Well almost. The assignment for… Continue reading A Week of Go,Go,Go
It's easy to believe that studying abroad is just a big travel vacation, an ongoing three month party. Well that's only half true. I do actually have to take 16 credit hours, complete reading assignments and write papers. But my classes in Ireland so far haven't been anything like the structure of my classes on… Continue reading All Play and No Work?
Just when I thought activities would slow down , I hit the ground running again. Aunt Jean and I outside of her home. When I finally arrived in Ireland, I stayed at my Aunt Jean's home in Dublin. It was nice to visit her, catch up with my cousins and share stories from my pre-travel… Continue reading Made it to Ireland
Me doing touristy things. This marks the end of the beginning. The end of an ultimate pre-travel adventure...the beginning of a semester in Galway. Our time in Paris was exceptional - the sights, the food, our hostel and location. We never made it to the catacombs or inside the Louvre, but we did take in… Continue reading Paris Blog: City Recap
A nice visit to a nice city - Nice. Our trip to Nice was quick, but it was the perfect amount of time for us. The city was a big change from Barcelona... Nice was quieter, more relaxing and filled with more scenic views than tourist monuments. The biggest blessing of our time in Nice… Continue reading Nice Blog
An easy hello and a hard goodbye. Our time spent in Barcelona was nothing short of spectacular. We covered almost every tourist-worthy inch of the city as well as discovered some hidden gems of our own. Here are some of my top favorite attractions, locations and moments from the trip to one of Spain’s most… Continue reading Barcelona: Highlights
Instagram and Snapchat stories might tell one story about traveling through Europe, but I’m here to inform you what goes on behind the scenes. There have been plenty of high points of our time in Barcelona (which I will tell you about in a later blog post), but the mishaps and unplanned moments have made… Continue reading Barcelona: Mishaps
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