January 6, 2015: Today, I will be in Galway! I awoke to my early morning alarm thrilled to be traveling to my new home later this afternoon. To end our orientation, the Cork and Galway Arcadia students met for a final time in the Wood Quay venue to go… More
January 5th, 2015: Jet lag was catching up to me by this morning and I barely had an appetite. The hotel served the Arcadia students traditional Irish food, which I would have loved to try, but I just couldn’t stomach it. Black and white pudding didn… More
For the first four days in Ireland, I spent orientation with Arcadia in Dublin. One of the best decisions I have made thus far is flying into Dublin a day early. It enabled me to catch up on some much needed sleep before a busy first day of orientation… More
I awoke at 4 a.m. London time to the clanking of dishes in the makeshift kitchen of the aircraft. I was irritated and exhausted, but looked at the digital map attached to my seat to find that we would be landing in approximately one and a half hours.… More
Four months. Four months has already come and gone. By the time you read this I will be home or on the way back to the US. It makes me sad just thinking about it! I really fell in love with Ireland and it’s weird to know I’m going home. This last month… More