Finally, the Ireland update!

So I went on this trip like a month ago...would've updated sooner but finals got in the way. :)

First city: Dublin! We got there on St. Patrick's Day...I think I met more Americans than Irish people as a result of this. We took a Ryan Air flight (which was about as lovely as can be expected) and met a bunch of other American students studying abroad in NL heading to Ireland for the weekend.

Not gonna post the other pics from this evening, but it was fun. :) Lots of random Irish people came up and talked to us, which was cool. I met a guy who spent the summer caddying in Briarcliff Manor (town next to mine). Small world! Being in Ireland made me a little bit homesick overall because it is A LOT more like the US than NL. It was mostly little things, like not having to pay for bathrooms or water in restaurants, that made me homesick! Small annoyances I have adjusted to in NL.

We somehow ended up spending St. Patrick's Day (well, the night of it anyway) in one of the most famous bars in Dublin. It was awesome. But the city was a bit of a mess!

St. Stephen's Green entrance.

Impulsively taking a horse-drawn carriage ride.

I'm just so photogenic.

St. Patrick's Cathedral (not the one in NY :)).

We hung out in the park until we were chased out of it by a demon child with a scooter. Long story.

Cheesy.

Dublin "castle."

Trinity College campus. Slight differences between this campus and Geneseo. :)

Obligatory photo of the Molly Malone statue.

Next city: Galway. I LOVED this part of the trip! So beautiful! We took a bus tour and it was really fun.

A "fairy ring" or a kind of ancient fort built around a house.

Brrr. It was cold and wet.

Ancient burial tomb....

Weird rocks.

BABY SHEEP!!!

Random donkey.

Our bus got stuck behind some unattended horses in the road!

Bangers and mash. Om nom nom. 

 

 

 

 

 Cliffs of Moher! Totally incredible, although it was freezing cold, wet, and windy. Brrr.

Those guys are too cool for the rules.

So. Cold.

Group photo!

You know that cave scene in the 6th Harry Potter movie....

 Back to Dublin!

Exciting to a nerd.

View of Dublin.

Weekend in Amsterdam

WAAAAAY overdue blog update!

This trip actually happened last month, but I was too busy with finals to update!

But basically, we spent the weekend in Amsterdam doing tourist-y stuff. It was fun!

Not explicitly related...but here is a picture of my (new) bike! Well it was new last month....sorta totaled my old one...

Legit.

Yet another picture of me standing in front of a canal.

"The Heineken Experience"

Rijksmuseum...currently closed and under construction.

Tooooo crowded. This sign is behind the Rijksmuesum and near the Van Gogh museum. 

Sweet ride.

Amsterdam train station. 

On the way back to Groningen...very, very flat.

The Groningen train station.

 We also went to the Van Gogh museum (I LOVED it) while we were there, but couldn't exactly take pictures haha. The last time I was in Amsterdam I also went to the Anne Frank Huis, but also no pictures of that either! I wish the Rijksmuseum wasn't under indefinite construction, but I think there is a small gallery open with Rembrandt paintings and other really famous ones, I would like to go see that at some point!