I am traveling around Ireland for three weeks and then a short four day trip to Paris France. We will be traveling to Drogheda, Galway, Cork, the Aran Island and Dublin while in Ireland. I am traveling with fourteen other students for an Innovation in Ireland program!
We visited Monasterboice, Hill of Tara, Hill of Slane, Trim Castle, Melifont Abbey, Battle of the Boyne and then had lunch at an Irish Pub called Boyle's!... read more
I drove to Minneapolis and before I could even board the plane we found out that the plane we were supposed to take had mechanical issues. This caused the plane to turn around and head back to Chicago. By the time the plane was ready and on its’ way back to Minneapolis, our flight from Chicago to Dublin was about to take off. All four people I was traveling with from our group jumped on the phones with American Airlines. Three of the four of us had purchased travel insurance, but each of us was put on different flights to different places. I was supposed to have a 26 hour layover in Chicago which would cause me to get to Dublin a day late….and I would travel the rest of the way alone. One of the ... read more
