In traditional Irish form, this blog post is a little late. Well not so much late, but it is about last weekend versus this weekend and it’s currently Sunday night. Part of me, however, likes to think my tardiness is because I’ve needed a full week to… More
During week 2 of mid-semester break (New Zealand equivalent of spring break—and yes, it’s TWO weeks), fellow Arcadian, Taimur Shah, and I went skiing with the Auckland University Snow Sports club. The club owns a lodge on one side of Mt. Ruapehu and takes… More
The great thing about studying abroad is that I never get a chance to catch my breath. Every time I turn a corner, I am amazed all over again. It has been a crazy, beautiful, SUNNY, and perfect whirlwind adventure lately and it has made me fall even more… More
This week has seemed like the longest week. Perhaps it was that I was at home working up until last Saturday, September 12, and now everything is different. I am no longer employed. No longer in the United States. Life is about change. It is; change… More
I have been putting off writing about my trip to the Aran Islands because I feel like there is no way I can do it justice. A group of us took a day trip to bike around the island and I fell in love. Everything is so serene and so perfect. The landscape… More