Well, it’s here: This is the last blog post of my summer, and what a week to end things off! I took my first ever trip to a different country on my own, and I feel really proud of it. But first, we need to rewind to last Thursday. Thursday night, I decided to go out since I was going to be away the whole weekend, so I decided to go to a bar that I learned about from reading other blog posts. I went to Dohenys and Nesbitts, and it was really interesting. They had lots of booths so […]
Continue reading Richard Perez, Ireland: Week 8 – Ire’ll Miss You »
As the program comes to an end, I realized that I was only going to have one more weekend where I could have some fun. So Thrusday, I decided to go to the casino and try my luck at some card games. Unfortunately, the casino that I picked on Google Maps didn’t have any card games and it just had slots so I played slots for half an hour. I left while I was up 5 euro so it wasn’t too bad, but as I was coming back to UCD I got off on the wrong stop (once again) and […]
Continue reading Richard Perez, Ireland: Week 7 – Trivia Tribunal »
This week was very tiring as I pushed my body to the limit! Last Saturday I walked 10 miles because I had to run some errands and I decided not to take the bus so I can get to know the area by foot better. Surprisingly, Dublin feels a lot smaller when you walk on foot. Unfortunately I chose the wrong Saturday to walk so much because the next day we went to Experience Gaelic Games where we learned how to play Irish Football and Hurling! I was placed on defence for both games, and even though I’m a lot […]
Continue reading Richard Perez, Ireland: Week 6 – The Gaelic Defender »
I woke up Monday morning and I walked the bridge alone that looms over the river Foyle. It’s a slow meander with white artifices protruding from both sides. It looks almost futuistic, and indeed, it was made with a brighter future in mind. We learned about “The Troubles”, and how it was a time of conflict between the people of Northern Ireland on whether they should join the Republic of Ireland. For decades, the people of Belfast, Derry, and other towns clashed through their unwavering differences in religion (Catholics/Protestants) and political ideologies (Republicans/Liberals), as the death tolls rolled and the […]
Once again, we went exploring for castles on another fun Ireland adventure! We stopped at the Rock of Cashel. It was the original seat of the king of Munster and was used as a fortress for centuries afterwards. It was also the site that Brian Boru, the future high king of Ireland, was crowned. It’s a sacred place with many gravestones marked as early as the 20th century. A picture of the gravestones at the rock of Cashel. The next place that we went to was Blarney Castle, and there began my quest to kiss the Blarney stone. The Blarney […]
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