{"id":1215,"date":"2013-09-11T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2013-09-09T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T13:36:24","slug":"alexa-that-time-i-went-to-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/09\/11\/alexa-that-time-i-went-to-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa: That Time I Went to Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I never believed in love at first sight…and then I landed in Dublin. Even though I\u2019ve only been here for a little less than a week I already know it\u2019s going to be hard to say goodbye to this beautiful place. The first couple of days we were here it was incredibly sunny, 75-degree weather, which I\u2019m told I will never see again in Ireland so I\u2019m glad I was able to experience it! Through BU Study Abroad I am attending Dublin City University, which is about 4 miles from the city center. I\u2019m living in a single with my own shower and the kitchen is two doors down from me. (PS. I haven\u2019t burned anything yet but stay tuned).\u00a0 There\u2019s a gym downstairs, a park right outside my door and the public transport system is located right outside of campus so it\u2019s very easy to get in and out of the city.<\/p>\n

I chose to come to Ireland mainly because of my Irish background and I wanted to go to a program where I could explore the countryside a lot which I\u2019m really excited to do in these next couple of weeks! This past week I have been going through orientation to get familiar with the school, went on a scavenger hunt through Dublin to get acquainted with the city and I start class tomorrow! The first part of the program is taking classes and the second part is the internship. I still haven\u2019t been assigned placement yet but I should find out within the next couple of weeks and I\u2019m really excited to find out what I\u2019ll be doing!<\/p>\n

Since we had the weekend off my friends and I decided to head out to Bray in County Wicklow to go walk the Cliff walk. We took the DART there in the morning, which is one of the trains in Ireland. Of course, instead of taking a left onto the cliff walk we took a right and started climbing up this huge mountain. This turned out to not be the worst idea because we went to the top of the mountain and even though I rolled my ankle about seven times, we had absolutely gorgeous views of the seaside and the village down below so it was all worth it. A swollen ankle will heal in time anyway right? I absolutely loved Bray and can\u2019t wait to go back on a weekend.<\/p>\n

Like I said it\u2019s been about a week so I\u2019m excited to have so many more experiences in the Green Emerald Isle. Maybe it\u2019s all a part of the assimilation process but I\u2019ve noticed I\u2019ve been thinking in an Irish accent and yesterday I said the word \u201cgrand\u201d when referring to something good and asked for takeaway at a restaurant instead of take-out. So maybe the next time you\u2019ll see me I\u2019ll be speaking in an Irish accent (here\u2019s hoping because they are my favorite).<\/p>\n

Until next time,<\/p>\n

-Alexa<\/p>\n

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