This past weekend I took my very last trip out of Ireland before I go home. Before I get into that, can we just talk about the fact that I only have one and a half weeks left here?!? I definitely feel like I have been here for basically my whole life, but that doesn’t…
Short trip to Japan
Last weekend, two other friends from Rollins (Mikolaj Geritz and Jonathan Guacaneme) spent the weekend in Japan. We managed to visit Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara all within 3 days and it was absolutely wonderful. From the excellent food, temples, shrines, and—of course—video games in Tokyo, to Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, to Nara Park…
barcelona + switzerland
A couple weeks ago, my sister came to visit me in Ireland. She arrived on a particularly cold Sunday, at about 10 am. I met her at the bus stop and we went to a cafe in town and I showed her what the town was like a bit. That night we ended up going…
Last few weeks in China
It seems that no matter how long you live in China, there is always something new or interesting going on. Old restaurants (or bars and clubs if you’re into nightlife) seem to disappear overnight with new ones starting there the following morning. Recently, I ate at a fantastic Thai restaurant called Simply Thai on the…
November 14th – November 27th: Lisbon – Budapest – Vienna
So there are 5 weeks left until I return back to the U.S. and shocking to think how fast time flew by while abroad. Within these coming weeks, I will be country hopping; Portugal, Hungary and Austria. The weekend of November 18th, I visited Lisbon, Portugal. While in Lisbon, I visited Belem Tower, Jeronimo Monastery,…
Is this what school is like
Ciao! This is the last post coming from Rome, how sad is that. I have just over a week left in Rome and it’s so bittersweet. While I am excited to go home for the holidays, I wish I could come straight back to Europe right after. The past two weeks I have stayed in…
The Final Countdown and Christmas Markets
Exactly two weeks until I’m on a 10 or so hour flight back home. I feel a little bad for the stranger sitting next to me because if they try and make conversation I might not stop talking about the fact I’m going for the rest of our flight. Oops. Now that Netflix lets you…
Blog 7
Its hard to imagine that I will be back home in approximately ten days. I blinked and now the semester is basically over; the feeling encompasses the term “bitter-sweet”. Since I last blogged, I took my final trip to Edinburgh, Scotland! At first I initially had doubts as to how I would like it and…
FEEL BLESSED
Hallo! Only one more post till I am home. The opportunity to live in Europe for four months has been thrilling, and life-changing. I could not be more grateful for every moment in my life. Only two more weeks in Northern Germany where 0 degrees Celsius is starting to feel normal! Although I am itching to…
It’s coming to an end
Helloooo!! So last week was not all that interesting except for the fact that I took a daytrip to Paris! Yeah, that’s right… I went there for only a couple hours with one friend that I met from Minessotta Uni! Note for those who are planning on doing a semester abroad: MAKE FRIENDS! The people…