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''...the green and troubled land of
tourist brochures and news headlines.''

Quote from: Ireland, A Novel by Frank Delaney

Warmed and cooled by the North Atlantic stream and location respectively, Ireland is never extremely cold or extremely hot.

This celtic isle is stoney grey, rugged mountains, cliffs and dewy greenness. Windswept and misty, you will likely need an umbrella anytime.

From the ring of Kerry to the tatched cottages of Conamera to the Giants Causeway, may the road rise to meet you and may your hassles be small ones.

Ireland has folklore, lively music, dance and haunting ballads. Kiss the Blarney stone and join the locals in one of the pubs which outnumber just about everything for a pint of black and tan, or ten. Then rise up yer skirts and kick up yer heals for a bit of mighty craic with fiddles, harps, jigs and reels.

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By FireFlyFlare
February 8th 2010

Belgium Europe » Ireland » County Limerick » Limerick

Omgosh.

Pictures First. First Day/Night- it was crazy. [View Full Entry]

By TimandSarah
February 8th 2010

How it Is Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

How it is

The following was meant to be published sooner (regarding time in London) but I had some technical difficulties... ______________________________ In our last couple days in London we visited four museums: the Tate Modern, the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. My personal favorite of these was the Tate modern, which I took to be London's answer to New York's MoMA. The first thing I saw at the Tate might have also been one of my favorite experiences of the entire trip. It was a piece called How It Is. What it is, is a giant [View Full Entry]

By TimandSarah
February 7th 2010

A Little Note on Advertising in London Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

London Feb 4 and 5 108

The more targeted media in London - not the more International reflections but rather the work that is likely to be seen by the locals, such as these two ads - I found to be quite striking. It's honest, wrapped up in a little bit of wit. It's bold, and bypasses a lot of the BS that you might often see in media elsewhere. These two ads captured my attention immediately, and actually made me question how the average person here might react. I'm not sure if I'm the only person a little bit thrown back or if it's most people. [View Full Entry]

By TimandSarah
February 7th 2010

Welcome to Ireland Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Dublin

Coffee

We arrived in Dublin yesterday. Our flight left from the Gatwick airport at 6pm, so we had the morning to explore London a bit more. One tube stop away from us was Notting Hill Gate, so we headed over and went to the Portabello Road Market. It was soooo busy - apparently what everyone does on a Saturday! The market was huge - blocks upon blocks of antique dealers, with everything from silverware to books to cameras and jewelry. We didn't want to spend money though, so we wented to the V&A museum, which feature Medieval and Renaissance works. We saw [View Full Entry]

By FireFlyFlare
February 5th 2010

Belgium Bound Europe » Ireland » County Limerick » Limerick

Day 18 Sorry I haven't updated lately. Honestly, not much has happened. I'm leaving in about an hour for Belgium and I hope it's a good trip. We're stuffing more than the allowed amount of people into the hotel which apparently, I am the only 21 year old who's never done that...so I hope we'll be good. People have been telling me to lighten up lately. I just am a natural rule follower so when it comes to bending rules more than I am used to, I'm out of my element and don't really like it. So I have mixed feelings [View Full Entry]

By LaraD
February 4th 2010

YO, K2tog Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork

Hello all! I know, another blog entry so soon, how strange and wonderful! I feel like writing about Cork, though. I am in a marvellous mood, having just attended (finally, after weeks of not getting around to it) the knitting and crochet group at the AWESOME little craft/bookstore called Vibes and Scribes. It's very hip and funky; I bought the yarn for the squidhat there, and tonight I bought BIG needles and HUGE chunky yellow yarn to make a GIANT wonderful warm bright yellow scarf. Also, today a girl from Choral Soc invited me to go out on Saturday afternoon with [View Full Entry]

By katiealice
February 2nd 2010

Blarney, Cork, and Cobh Europe » Ireland » County Kerry » Killarney

Stephanie and Dedra

Last Tuesday, I sat around for many classes because I had so many breaks. During one of the breaks while I was shivering, I had a grand idea to take a weekend trip to kiss the Blarney Stone. I texted Stephanie and Ambher right away. Stephanie told me she had the same idea and Ambher had no idea what I was talking about. Thus, we had to go! Wednesday afternoon, we booked our hostel and train tickets and were ready for a weekend in Cork. The teachers at my school kept giving us ideas of where to go and what to [View Full Entry]

By FireFlyFlare
January 25th 2010

School Starts Europe » Ireland » County Limerick » Limerick

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Day 7 So I had a rather hard night...I thought I'd sleep through the drunk fest outside my window, but I woke up about 3 times between 2-5:30- seriously???? Ugh...I am told they simmer down mid week... I was able to wake up in time though and had my first class in Sociology with Danielle, Caitlin, and Amanda. We found our room surprisingly easily. Yay! It looks pretty good too. Issues in Contemporary Ireland- pretty intense professor- I like it. Had a chunk of time and went and go tea, fruit and a bagel after it around 10 and was back [View Full Entry]

By FireFlyFlare
January 24th 2010

Baptist Church??? And the First Years came back... Europe » Ireland » County Limerick » Limerick

Day 6 So slept until 11 this morning which felt great- I slept SO well. First day I woke up not feeling still exhausted. went to go find classes on campus only to find out I could not find them. Rather counter productive in that area today. I was supposed to go find them with Cassey, but when I got the bus stop (which is a 15 min walk, ugh) she was not there, but a random girl who remember my face from Friday remembered me- very random! She introduced herself and I met 3 other people Sarah, Megan, and Rick [View Full Entry]

By FireFlyFlare
January 23rd 2010

Day 5.2 Europe » Ireland » County Limerick » Limerick

So after I left, I got my key stuck in the door, missed the first bus to city and the second one was late. Got lost on the route and then got off at a place unfamiliar to me and got lost in the city. But I figured it all out which in a way was nice since I felt like I was able to figure out my own mistake. Though it left me flustered and drained. The Hunt Museum was good. Most of the girls said it was "eh" or it "sucked." So our tour guide wasn't doing jigs while [View Full Entry]

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