CANCER One more thing! This entry is being written for my Mea who recently, on Sunday March 2nd, celebrated being cancer free for 5 years! I just wanted to let her, and all of you know, that Friday March 7th here in Ireland is called Daffodil Day, and it is an International fund raiser created by the Irish Cancer Society. The daffodil flower is the international symbol of hope, and in support of Daffodil day in Ireland I have purchased some Daffodil pins available on campus. Every daffodil sold helps the Irish Cancer Society provide quality care and emotional support [View Full Entry]

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I have to study??? Sorry to say...the reason so much time has elapsed between my posts is that I have been fulfilling the "study" component of my study abroad experience ! Fortunately, after this week I will officially be on Easter Vacation and traveling with Heather to London, and then to Copenhagen with Heather, Claire, and Liam. I do; however, have a few fun pictures to share with everyone back home. In between attending lecture and studying I have been enjoying some popular restaurants in Galway, having pizza parties with delicious and authentic Italian pizza made by the lovely Daniela [View Full Entry]

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Walking on the edge....or sitting YAY! We went to the Aran Islands this Saturday! The whole group of us included 10 International students: Barbara from Austria Bernard (Barbara's brother) from Austria Christian from Germany Daniela from Rome, Italy Maud from Holland Maaike from Holland Sophie from Austria Thomas from Belgium Tommaso from Milan, Italy and me from good old Wisconsin This trip was sooo much fun and I can't wait to visit it again with my family and Heather. You guys are going to love it! Well, I thought I would use this entry to tell you a little about the [View Full Entry]

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Meet my friends! Hey guys! Sorry it's been a little while since my last post, but needless to say I've been super busy and having LOTS of fun! This post will have some pictures of my new friends and my most recent new experiment...cooking! After lots of phone calls to my mom I finally figured out how to make a pretty good stir fry (I didn't know how to cook the chicken) AND I put together some homemade tacos for my roommates. Believe it or not everything actually turned out great (just ask Fede, she liked it!). Well, I feel [View Full Entry]

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Strep throat, Grilled Cupcakes, and Spiderman Today I spent 3 hours at the clinic.........but they gave me drugs, YAY! I have strep, an ear infection, and an eye infection. Basically, I don't have the "luck of the Irish" at all.... I hope the leprechauns will eventually start to like me and I'll find my "pot of gold" here in Galway. OR...maybe my immune system will just get used to the rain and start working. Some of you have requested pictures of my apartment so I tried attaching them to this post. Also, there are some pictures of the attempt made by [View Full Entry]

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I have arrived...sort of Well, I've finally started doing this blog thing of my travels here in the Republic of Ireland. Sorry that it took so long, but I was busy getting my feet wet (literally) and just trying to figure things out in this place. Unfortunately, I not only got my feet wet, but I got myself completely soaked and sent to the hospital with mild hypothermia . So, I'm finally getting over my cold and I'm ready to do some more exploring! This time though I'll have on wellies so my feet won't actually get wet! It rains [View Full Entry]

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