Blogs from Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Europe - page 91

And I am....not quite....not quite......and.... done! This morning I had a three hour exam for my Unionism Under the Union course on a Saturday (Yeah!). There is nothing like Unionism to wake one up in the morning. I wrote on Female Unionists for my first essay question, opposition from conservative Protestants to the Act of Union in the 1790s for my second, and Ulster Unionists in the Great War for my third question. And everyone who just read that is now asleep. Anyway, I wanted to post some pictures from trip to Dublin and County Wicklow including the monastic site of Glendalough. Furthermore, I have some pictures from my trip to Castle Rock (the village where C.S. Lewis spent his holidays) beach and the cookout in the student village. So, I have two weeks before I ... read more

I just arrived in Dublin about two days ago. I'm still getting used to everything--it's quite a change. Mostly I've been jet lagged/drunk/hung over. So ya know. Last night we all went on a musical pub crawl in downtown Dublin. I loved the Irish music & the musician who resembled a manlier version of Orlando Bloom. No joke. He had dark hair, beard that wasn't too scruffy, and was a great music-maker which is dead sexy. Earlier today I went to my interview for my Internship. I took the bus to the south end of town where the University College Dublin is located. All together it took me about 3 hours to get down there, because of traffic as well me getting lost. I found the place after asking many a folks where to go along ... read more

Cork and its people were lovely. We didn't win the competition, but we were all pleased with our performance. We did win the Heinrich Schutz Perpetual Trophy for our performance of Schutz's "So fahr ich hin." After Sunday Mass, we were treated to coffee, tea, soft drinks, smoked salmon, sandwiches, and sweets. The Irish seem to be quite good at making delicious sandwiches. We enjoyed a similar reception after our performance in Cobh. The mayor was present as the Mass we sang for. He took quite a liking to us. It probably didn't hurt that the first thing he heard us sing was an Irish folksong, or that the Taoiseach was in the United States the first days we were in Cork. The drive from Cork to Dublin was lovely—especially since I wasn't behind the wheel ... read more

Yep, we are back in Dublin and ready to get on a plane tomorrow to return home. What a trip. We have seen so much and enjoyed every bit of it. I think Jim got down and kissed the ground when we turned the car in. That driving on the wrong side of the road and the wrong side for driving, is really nerve wracking. We grazed some of those gorgeous stone walls in the small towns and shot into and around the round abouts so fast I thought we were going to be propelled to the moon......but we made it in one piece, although I am sure on the today's video there is a couple of times you can hear me say "too close, too close". But it sure has been fun. Wouldn't mind making ... read more

Hey everyone, I'm rounding off my days here and preparing myself mentally to leave. I already know that it's gonna break my heart to leave here, it nearly did the other day when I had to say goodbye to my kids. I had to finish up the units I was teaching to the other classes (I sort of went aroudn the school and did some lessons with the upper-classes) and they were all sad to hear that it was my last day. All day long kids form other classes stopped me in the hallways and said goodbye or told me they'd miss me. Several of those in my class brought me presents and cards and gave me hugs, as well as a class card and present, and the staff gave me a present as well. As ... read more