On Wednesday (February 4), I took a plane to London, England with two friends (Tori and Colleen). We flew out of Cork, so it was only a bus ride to get to the airport. Our flight was at 10:30am on Wednesday, and it was a really quick flight, only about an hour. We arrived in London Gatwick airport and had to take a train to get to the area our hostel was in. We stayed at St. Christopher's Oasis in the London Bridge area. We dropped off our bags and locked th...

On Friday, January 30, my Ring of Kerry Weekend trip was scheduled to start. There were some Quinnipiac students and then some mixed other schools that came on the trip. We met up down the street from where I am living to catch the bus at 1:50pm. We started our bus ride to get to the Ring of Kerry Hotel where we were staying, which was about three hours away. Our first stop on the bus was two hours in. We stopped at the Crag Caves in Castleisland County Kerr...

We've been trying out new places to eat lately, and have had some really good meals. Before I came, I really wasn't sure what to expect in terms of food, as I had heard the food here used to be on the not so great side. The most actually authentic type Irish dishes I've had are fish and chips and beef stew. More recently, I've eaten twice at the English Market, which is like an indoor farmers market with all fresh vegetables, fruits, desserts, meats, and eggs....

After Kinsale on Wednesday, we had a few days before the weekend to paln something, so we planned a trip to Blarney Castle. Prior to that, we had to go to immigration in order to get our immigration cards. We walked into the city and then a little further into the outskirts to go to the Police Station, which is called Garda, to wait in line for immigration. We waited for almost two hours (a similar experience to the DMV), and I was the very last person to be s...

It's my second week of classes and they have been continuing to go well. They are still a lot different from Quinnipiac, and we get assigned a lot more readings than we do at home. I didn't have class on Wednesday, so I took a bus to Kinsale, a shore town, for the day. I went with two friends, Sarah and Emily. We took the 11:05 bus and the bus ride there was about 35 minutes. The town was right on the water, comparable to Newport. Unfortunately, it actually...