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…
Category: Ireland: Maynooth Univ
Wandering Around the Island
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” -Mary Ritter Beard I’m so happy to call this gorgeous island my home right now. Ireland is a nature appreciator’s wonderland. So far, I have visited all four of Ireland’s coasts…
Study Break Fever
As we are nearing the mid-term point here at Maynooth, we are nearing the Study Break which starts next week. Along with studying on this week-long break I have the amazing opportunity to travel with some great friends across Europe. When being abroad, it is an amazing opportunity to travel to surrounding areas of the…
Winter is here
Since it is quite cold, very windy, and sputtering rain (not unusual), I have some down time to throw a few layers on, curl up with some tea, and update y’all on my life. Here is some visuals to what I’ve been up to. It doesn’t capture all the moments, but it shows some of the big…
Dia Dhuit
Today is the one month anniversary of my arrival in Maynooth. My first month here has proven how fast time can go and how much can happen in four weeks. The last time I wrote to LTA, I was sitting in an airport in New York City. I am now sitting in my flat with remnants of traveling strewn…
Ireland is good craic!!
It is currently week 5 of my study abroad in Ireland and everything is going absolutely splendidly! From the beautiful scenery that surrounds me to the good-nature of the Irish, I have fallen in love with this country. Now that it has been a little over a month since I’ve been here, a great many things…
Weekend of Adventures
This past weekend, a month into my stay in Maynooth, Ireland was an eventful one to say the least. From being scared by a human statue in Cork, to going out at night for the first time in Dublin. My weekend adventure began with a pub crawl set up by the society, International Erasmus Student…
New Directions
Another country can be added to my list of conquests (and yes that is how I see every place I travel, as an opportunity to master their culture and acquire their love and customs) and saw my ever-doting-and-fabulous grandparents as well. I flew out to Grantham, Great Britain last Friday with two hours of sleep,…
September Thoughts
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…
Eat, Sleep, Adventure, Repeat
So it turns out that I absolutely adore Ireland with every fiber of my twenty year old being. Do you know what the first thing I noticed was? The grass. I am head over heels in love with the grass here. I’ve never seen anything in my life so green, with speckles and clumps of…