So, the weekend of November 7th-9th was a long weekend break for us here in Ireland. Livia, Izzy, Emily, Olivia, Michaela and I went to LONDON!!!! All right, I’m super excited about all of this, but I’m going to start at the beginning and save the best for last! We left after class on Thursday...

So, I was just reading over one of my posts (The Cliffs of Moher one…) and realized just how bad my writing really is in my early posts. I’m really sorry. I sound like a fourth grader. Please forgive me. I promise that’s not what you’re actually going to see when I really become a...

Okay, so I felt like this was the best way to tell EVERYONE about a miracle that happened to me just the other day. You see, a few nights ago the flash drive that I keep my books on stopped working while I was typing on my latest novel, The Assassins of Breelan. It just wouldn’t...

On Wednesday (October 15th) we left for The North. Brian drove the tiny little bus into Coolnagrenia, and at 8 am we loaded up what Aaron calls the “red rocket” and took off. We were headed to The North, also known as the “6 counties under enemy occupation” by those on the republican side of...

September 25th through the 30th was parent’s week here in Ireland. Emily, Olivia, and Aaron all had their parents come, and Aaron even had three of his seven adult brothers show up to surprise him! We spent this five day period traveling around and seeing things before classes really buckled down the next week. Friday...

I had the most unbelievable experience the other night (Friday, September 26th). Megan, Tammi’s assistant, has an Irish friend named Rob from the Presbyterian Church who is trying to get his certification as a hiking guide. In order to do so, he has to take a certain number of groups on hikes all around Ireland....

The weekend between leaving Galway (on Saturday morning) and arriving in Greystones (on Tuesday evening) was a very, very busy time. We were travelling all around for the entire duration of it. Our base was a hostel in Killarney called Neptune’s. We were told that the place was really sketchy, but it turned out that...

An Tobar Nua was the coffee shop where we attended classes for our first weeks in Ireland, while we were in Galway. It’s a pretty cool place. You should definitely look it up online, I know there is more information there, but I’ll tell you all I can for now. It’s a Christian run business/ministry....

We’re on the bus again at 9 AM this morning. This riding around the country and learni ng everything about it is the most fun thing ever. I’m so excited to be starting again! Today we’re heading to an area of exposed limestone called the Burren, which means rock in Irish. From there we’ll see...

Today (September 7th), we all met at Tammi and Megan’s apartment at 9 am. Our bus was there, and our bus driver, Brian Knight. We’re headed to Connemara as I’m writing this. Brian is giving us a complete overview of Irish history as we drive, and it’s the most interesting thing I’ve ever heard in...