How to make friends the fast way in Howth
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]