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Thursday, June 26th, 2025

Richard Perez, Ireland: Week 3 – From Coast To Coast!

I had another amazing weekend trip! For our journey to Western Ireland, we first made our way to the cliffs of Moher, which is all the way on the other side of Ireland. It was breath-taking seeing the size and distance of the cliffs, and all the birds flying over the sea looked like gnats. It was truly an amazing sight to behold! Afterwards, we went to the Boren which is another cliff site, but riddled with limestone. It was yet another amazing view and we had a fun time there. After all the sight-seeing on day 1, we retired […]

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Thursday, June 19th, 2025

Richard Perez, Ireland: Week 2 – Oh no! They Kilkenny!

Another week goes, and another week of memories are made as I continue to sink my teeth into history and culture of Ireland! On the first stop of our weekend excursion, we traveled south to Kilkenny. We took a tour through Kilkenny Castle which was built in the 11th century and was privately owned until 1967 when it was gifted to the city of Kilkenny. It’s a beautiful palace which is now a museum that displays the history of Kilkenny. After the tour of the castle grounds, we had some free time where I took a ride on a trolley […]

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Thursday, June 12th, 2025

Richard, Ireland: Week 1 – Ire We There Yet?

I’ve only been in Ireland for less than a week right now, and yet it’s already become one of the coolest experiences I’ve had in my Bucknell journey! I took off from Newark airport at around 9pm on Friday night Eastern time and arrived 9am Saturday morning Dublin time. Since then, I’ve been on a roller coaster of events, from checking into my room in UCD village, attending my first class, and completing my first couple of days on my internship. So much has happened in such a short amount of time, that I know it’s going to be a […]

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