Blogs from Ireland, Europe
So, yes, after I got my stuff stolen I kinda just hung out in Dublin. Went to the Irish Tourist Assistance office the next day and cancelled credit cards along with being given several vouchers for food and clothes. Spent the day getting chargers at Peats and getting the essentials at Dunnes and Penny's before calling it a night. Not a hugely productive day. Next day went on free (for staying 2 nights or more in the hostel) Kilkenny tour. Saw an old monastic city (it's the city of St. Kevin at Glendalough), the Browneshill Dolmen (a portal tomb from ~3000BC), and the city of Kilkenny. Climbed up a really tall stone tower in Kilkenny beside a church that I thought the driver said was free but it turned out to be 2.5 euro. Just walked ... read more
Celtic High Cross
Activities: Next day we all gathered to get on the bus for the Paddywagon tour. Apparently I’m the only one on the 10 day tour so what’s happened is they’ve put me with the 6 day people and then they’ll do 1 day tours out of Dublin. Or something. The driver/guide only mentioned it briefly and hasn’t talked to me about it since. Anyway, Drogheda was the first stop. It’s where we first got the inkling about how divided the Catholics and Protestants are in this country and in Northern Ireland. Drogheda was the place where Oliver Cromwell murdered 3000 Catholics. At our lunch stop we ate with Emma and Amy (both Auz) and they rounded out the main six of us. From here I’ll just summarize. Walking Tour in Derry – Londonderry/Derry is a city ... read more
3 days to go till the big move. We're nervous. Rachel has her bag packed (her whole life in 9kg), i still havent my clothes washed. Enjoying our last few nights in the cold Irish weather, sitting in, watchin telly with dog, fire BLAZING. Just got into watching a new programme Suits so kinda ragin we wont finish it. Rachel is standing here half naked doing her tan for tomorrow night. Going to an all you can eat chinese, 10 quid, so we'll see if its nice. Heading out with my ma (ma), cleve (her suga' daddy), gem (sister), Dylan (brother), Shane and Barbara, and Tom and Christina. We'll pop a bottle of champagne, its all for our going away an all that. Might even do a toast and clink the glasses.... read more
This is going to be a little bit different than what I’ve done in the past. On my gap year I did a play-by-play of pretty much everything that I did. This time all my writing will be shorter, and hopefully more interesting since I will just be focusing on the main events. I am studying in Switzerland for the spring with SIT, the School for International Training. The program is Multilateral Diplomacy and Social Justice and focuses on diplomacy, economics, political integration (EU), and many other topics that I’m still waiting to find out… <span><span><span><span><span><span>:) We will have speakers every day that are professionals from different organizations so it will not be as cohesive a course as what I’m used to at Puget Sound, but more like a series of lectures and discussions. We have ... read more
Jeans amazing dinner table!!!
Before heading off we decided to have a couple of get togethers to try and say goodbye to as many as possible. To be honest, it was mainly a family affair and looking back there are lots of people we didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to but sure it’s only a short time! On Friday night thanks to Mammy and Daddy we had a late night early morning party in Conlin Road. After the sad day in Killybegs that was Friday and all the happenings locally last week, it was lovely to see people for a positive reason. Thanks to all who could make it – it meant a lot to us. Some photo highlights included for you all to have a look. On Saturday night, Jean made such an effort and put on ... read more
Our living room
Welcome to Galway! This only took 13 days to get up and running! Here is a lovely summary of the past 13 days. On Wednesday, January 4th, 2012, we arrived into Shannon Airport. Everyone was exhausted getting off the plane and once we went through immigration, we were greeted by our lovely Resident Director, Finn Geraghty! Most of us assumed that all flights had arrived, and that we would soon be on our way to Galway. Finn informed us, however, that we would be leaving around 11:30. It was only about 7 when she told us this. So we spent about 4 hours getting to know each other and of course trying to catch a small nap. Soon we were on the bus and on our way to Galway. We arrived at Gort na Coiribe in ... read more
Hi all, So the countdown is on and we have finally set up the blog today. Just testing it all out after a day of checking through packing lists! Looking forward to keeping in touch with everyone on here, please comment or message us along the way! We are both going to be blogging and it will depend on the day/week who has decided to do it! Share the link as you want, Chat soon, Ciara... read more
locker room
OK, last blog for now, and I promise I'll keep it short. It was our last day in Ireland and we opted for immersion into what looked throughout our journey like the coolest sport on earth, Hurling. Not the full-contact departure of one's recently-eaten meal, but the version featuring men in short shorts with long sticks. It just doesn't take much to crack me up. I am not at all sure how I had never seen or heard of the sport, especially as many club teams are springing up in the US - indeed Boston even has a professional team! Here is a quick peak at what hurling looks like: Hurling It's not as though ESPN is never on in our house. COME ON ESPN, get with the program! You show POKER for cryin' out loud. ... read more
One day before I leave Ireland, my sister Grainne had a baby girl this morning. After much confusion over the what her name will be (Eleanor, Eveie or Aoibhinn) she was named, Evelyn Mc Nally!! Skeeeeeoooooo!... read more
Hej alle.. I stedet for at skrive lange mails tænkte jeg at oprette en blog, så de der har lyst kan følge lidt med i hvad jeg futter rundt og laver de næste 5-6 måneder i Cork. Jeg vil forsøge så godt jeg kan at holde jer opdateret med små beretninger og lidt billeder... men som I sikkert alle ved, er jeg ikke den bedste til at huske sådan noget - så bær over med mig hvis der til tider er lidt langt imellem opdateringerne af min rejseblog :)... read more
