Today marks two very special days: 1) My last full day in Galway and 2) Thanksgiving. It's fitting that the two events fall on the same day as I have so much to be thankful for in relation to my study abroad experience. These last three months have been the best three months of my… Continue reading Leaving Home to Go Home
It's a bittersweet thought of having only 7 days left in Ireland. Studying abroad has been an aspiration of mine for as long as I can remember. And now, its all too quickly coming to a close. On the bittersweet scale, leaving Galway is about 85% bitter and 15% sweet. Yes, I am beyond excited… Continue reading The Miss List
The trinity that makes up my version of Dublin: family, city streets, and Guinness. Our weekend trip to Dublin was the last excursion for my study abroad group (sad I know). But we definitely went out with a bang. We turned Dublin into one last ultimate hurrah. On Thursday we boarded the bus with our… Continue reading Memory Lane
There is no such thing as a boring week abroad when spontaneity is the backbone of the group. We had no overnight excursions planned for the week or weekend and, honestly, our group was excited about it. This left us plenty of opportunity to plan a week of our own. And when you have a… Continue reading Good Times, Better People
We just experienced a storm of a week filled with rearranged classes, football matches, movie and game nights, hurricanes and an excursion weekend. The aftermath: exhaustion, sickness and/or the feeling of disorganization with school work. But I wouldn’t trade the world for the week that we just experienced. First, our class schedule was turned upside… Continue reading Welcoming a Storm
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
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
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