Occurred on 5/25/10; written on 5/26/10 When I found out our student coordinator Chelsea was leading an expedition to Howth, I hopped on the opportunity. My roommate Dylan had told me a lot about it after he and a group went the night we flew in to Ireland. I’d gone nearly 37 hours with less… Continue reading How to make friends the fast way in Howth
Category: College
Work completed at Bradley University
The Book of Kells: “Just another thirteen-hundred-year-old book”
5/25/10 P.S. (before the writing, I guess) – In hindsight, I really wish I would’ve enjoyed this trip more than my post indicates I did. I think one of my bigger regrets from this trip was not really letting this gravity of the Book of Kells sink in. Go see this book if you get… Continue reading The Book of Kells: “Just another thirteen-hundred-year-old book”
Holy Day of Obligation
5/24/10 I don’t remember when I actually stopped attending church, though it was sometime during my sophomore or junior year of high school. What I do know is that I spent more time in a church today than I have in probably four or five years combined. In fact, I think I hit about one… Continue reading Holy Day of Obligation
The City Tour
5/23/10 I felt like I’d had an entire day’s worth of activities crammed into three hours this morning after the city tour by coach. That’s a bus in Ireland. What I liked most about the tour is it took us by spots we already knew, like St. Stephen’s Green and Grafton Street, and it also… Continue reading The City Tour
Visiting Malahide Castle
5/22/10 I’ll be honest – Malahide Castle was disappointing. After getting off the DART, I saw a really cool spire on top of what I soon found was a church, and not the castle. I should have known better than to think the train would have just dumped us off right in front a castle. … Continue reading Visiting Malahide Castle