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Over the weekend, students spent the weekend living with Irish families in the town of Carrigaline. I’ll admit, at first I was a bit apprehensive about leaving my apartment and moving in with a family I had never met. However, all of my initial misgivings…

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In less than two weeks, I will be on a plane. I’ve been on a plane before, several times actually. What will be different in two weeks is that I will be boarding the plane to leave the country for the first time. I will say “Bye” and “See You Later” with…

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" – Henry Mill This past Monday (January 25) was Burns Night, which is a night that commemorates the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The resident hall that I stay at here in Aberdeen hosted…

I have actually been in Scotland since January 4th, but I thought it made a lot of sense to try to recount my experience in the order that it happened. The first few days really felt like an eternity, but that wasn’t a bad thing. Before leaving for Scotland…

As my day of departure was getting closer and closer, I was getting more and more nervous. I began to realize how daunting it was to live in a country where you don't speak the language. I saved packing until the last minute. To top it off the East Coast…

It has been yet another great week of adventuring through Edinburgh. Thanks to my compact schedule, I don’t have classes on Wednesdays or Fridays, making those my designated exploring days. Last Wednesday, I found myself at the National Gallery. An enormous…

Although I am no expert on packing, hindsight is 20/20, and there are definitely some things I did well, and things I did not do well when it came to packing. My process was fairly easy, so if you want a less stressful way to pack, then feel free to follow…

The past few mornings, I’ve woken up in Athens, Greece – a city steeped in ancient empires and histories, a site of contemporary crisis, and my home for the next few months. My international studies research initially attracted me to Athens. To me, the…