Home Away From Home

Kaitlyn Gervais October 1, 2014

Here I am on the last day with the Spillanes. When choosing to use Arcadia as my program to study away, I discovered that I would get a weekend staying with an Irish family. I thought to myself that a weekend wasn’t much to get to know a family and it… More

First Month In: A Brief(ish) Summary

Kaitlyn Gervais September 29, 2014

As of the 28th of September, it has been a month since I hopped on my first flight to start my adventures in Ireland. I still can’t believe that I am even here and that a month has already passed with three glorious months to go. I loved the new school… More

A Bit of the Culture Shock: Dublin

Kaitlyn Gervais September 11, 2014

Getting lost and meeting hundreds of nice people. I’ve been in Ireland for two weeks now as of tomorrow and at my school for a week. There’s been so much to take in that I probably looked like a deer caught in the headlights! Not to fret I am just fine… More

How To Survive a 12 Hour Layover

Kaitlyn Gervais September 5, 2014

This was me at about hour 6 of a 12 hour layover in North Carolina to Dublin. To all of those who have had to face a long layover I know your pain. You don't have any clue as to what to do in the airport and you just want to be at your destination already… More

Farewells and Packing Woes

Kaitlyn Gervais August 28, 2014

Today technically marks my last day in the grand ol’ US of A. This wouldn’t be my first time abroad but it certainly is the longest. I’ve had the fortune of being a month long exchange student in a Germany summer program and toured the UK for choir but… More

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