As soon as we arrived in London and got the program schedule, everyone quickly scanned the packet to see when our free weekends were. Turns out we had three full free weekends, right in a row, all in July. Groups formed, maps were looked at, hostels were booked, plane and train tickets were purchased. My flat mates Jessica, Hayley and I decided to spend our first free weekend in Dublin, Ireland. I had never been before and was really keen on setting forth to explore some more new territory. Prior to this trip, the most Irish experience I'd ever had was going to see Irish punk bands (Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, etc etc etc) in high school. While fun, definitely not a real culturally Irish event. Our flight left ridiculously early on a Friday morning, so
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