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Hear about the experiences of members of the Gustavus community traveling abroad!
What a Difference One Week Makes
From one Saturday to the next, it seems impossible to believe how different things can be. On Saturday, February 8, we gathered at the Hyatt Place hotel in Bloomington and, after a few hours of orientation, went as a group to Red Lobster for dinner. The outdoor temperature was below zero as we rushed […]
To the Country I Loved So Well
A silence choked the air as the man strode across the cold stone floor and tucked himself away on the creaky oak bench. The white lapels of his crinkled shirt overpowered his brown blazer. The singer rested a guitar on his tan cords and held the neck of the instrument at his shoulders. He gave […]
Brendan Maloney, Final Project
Spirit of Ireland One of the first things that I did when I got here was to go on a long walk and get a feel for the area. I had just arrived in the Burren the night before; it was dark and I was tired and I just wanted to get to bed, […]
Greg Meyer Final Ireland Portfolio: Death, Flowers, and Graffiti
“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan I’ve always been ashamed when Shane McGowan queries, “Have you ever walked the lonesome hills, or heard the curlews cry? Or seen the raven black as night upon the wind-swept sky? To walk the purple heather […]
Lacie Micek- Final Portfolio
Natural Landscape: Take a Closer Look Spirit of Ireland: Contradictory Characteristics This huge mound of earth on the Irish landscape is calling me to ascend to the top. I find a small pathway, but I am not sure how high it will lead me. Is it too muddy to be walking here with these […]
Jessica Martin – Final Portfolio
Personal Narrative: Creative Ireland Ireland is much more than a rainy country composed of endless farmland and pubs filled with unquenchable thirst. This stretch of natural beauty provides the perfect atmosphere for one’s talent and creativity to flow freely like the river Shannon. While roaming through Galway City I notice each little storefront’s unique […]
Morgan Cronin’s Final Portfolio
The Spirit of Ireland The rough, gray stones form long, winding fences that weave their way across the hills, having been set firmly in place by people long past. Soft, green moss grows in the cracks, crevices, and corners where the stones meet and along the bumpy edges. The moss continues to grow up several, […]
Lauren Schiltz- Final Portfolio
Spirit of Ireland Essay: Ghosts Leprechauns, beards, and redheads. Guinness, drinking men, and bar fights. Rain, clovers, and everything green. These are just some of the stereotypes that were on my mind upon entering Ireland. Just like anywhere else, some of these are true and some are terribly wrong. Ireland is notorious for being picturesque […]
Amanda Toms — Final Portfolio
The Spirit of Ireland This place feels familiar, yet surreal. Like a dream half-forgotten. But just when it seems it has completely slipped away, sunken to the bottom of the sub-conscious sea where all forgotten things go, something is seen, a memory jogged, and it is reeled up quickly before it can disappear forever. In […]
lesson learned.
I am two days, 287 miles, one sea, and one plane ride removed from Dublin. Sitting in a cramped 17-bed hostel room five minutes from King’s Cross station in London, I can’t help but miss the familiarity of our comparatively spacious and private rooms located conveniently in the heart of the city’s center. This being my first […]