Author: aalmonte@rollins.edu

I’m back. Leaving Ireland as well as going to Ireland feels more like a dream I have only just awaken from.   The number one question I am asked about my time abroad is, “Could you imagine yourself living there?” And my answer is always, despite my deep affection for this tiny island, no. This…

“Poetry psalms Flower with architecture Raising their grandeur on the gashed cape. Words of God blaze like a disaster In the windows of their prophetic cathedral. But the sighs of the deep multitude Grow out of the mountain’s heart as clean as vines.” -An excerpt from the Legend of St. Clement Sometimes I forget how…

I wake up in the morning and am astounded by the beauty that is right in front of me, the cold air whisking it’s way from outside into my room by ways of my slightly opened window. I sit up, just barely, and begin to awake the rest of me. The sun emits the most…

Minutiae; The small, trivial details of something. The moments in between. These are the things within our lives that make life so worth living. That smell of coffee when you wake up in the morning, a soft smile from an unknown bystander passing you by, maintaining direct eye contact while singing your favorite song at…

My experience internationally has been slim, to say the least. Actually, if I’m honest, The most that I have ever traveled is west of the United States. Given that my travel experience is so limited I am extremely excited to be going abroad and studying in a large University so soon. I have always considered…