Category: Ireland: Maynooth Univ

And so my trips are completed (for the time being). 2 friends, 4 flights, 3 countries, 11 days. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. Thursday morning after class I rushed to the post office to see if my phone had come. I had hope and alas my phone was there. There were…

In the last couple weeks I have been on a couple of field trips with my Cultural Heritage Classes. First we visited Clonmacnoise a monastery that became an important economic center between the 9th and 12th centuries. The site of the monastery places it along a major east-west route: the Pilgrimage Road. The road is…

A week ago I officially hit the one-month mark here in Ireland. The time is flying by unbelievably fast, and I’m dreading for it to be over. I’ve been trying to explore as much of Ireland as I can on the weekends, but I’m looking forward to taking some international trips too. About a week…

So it has been a little over 4 weeks since I have arrived at Maynooth and it honestly feels like I have been here much much longer (in the best way). The past two weeks have consisted of a lot of pubs, Dublin trips, and planning for the future. Also classes have started to pick…

So I have been here at Maynooth for almost a month now and it seems crazy. I feel like I have been here forever but also like I just got here a week ago. Weird how that works. Anyways, life has been interesting to say the least. Last Saturday, I finally made my way into…

I have spent nearly 4 weeks in Ireland now and it has become a part of the routine, like I’m simply at another college in another state. The only difference is that I am in IRELAND. Every weekend holds another adventure. I can honestly say I do not miss working nine hours shifts well into…

I’ve only just completed my first full week at Maynooth and already so much has happened. Freshers Week as they call it over here was a whirlwind of meeting new people and going to parties. But even after being here for two weeks, I still have jet lag! This made it so hard to stay…

So I’ve been in this beautiful country for 2 weeks and it has not disappointed one bit. Boring stuff out of the way first: the first week was orientation so no classes or anything there. Then last week was the first week of classes, but nothing terribly difficult or noteworthy happened with those. As expected,…

I’ve been busy these past couple of week, busy enough to (almost) forget to do another blog post. Since I have arrived here at Maynooth University I have spent little to no time in my room doing nothing. Last weekend, I met with Elexsa and Paula in London because Elexsa had planned to attend the…

It’s only been two weeks and yet it feels like I have been in Ireland for months. My first day in Ireland was rough. When I landed I had to figure out how to make it from Dublin to Maynooth. I managed to find the bus, however the wheels on my suitcase were not very…