This week I spent most of my time in Dublin, while also traveling to Galway for the weekend. To begin describing this weekend, I would like to start with how Dublin and my internship celebrated Pride Month, or Pride Week in this case. Pride weekend is a huge celebration for Dublin and the office, as…

This week was filled with some of the best highs I have had since being here in Ireland. The workweek felt like forever; however, as soon as the weekend came around, I got to experience some of the most amazing aspects of Irish culture. On Thursday, my mom came to visit! She flew from the…

This week in Dublin was definitely eventful. Between work and everything we did over the weekend, I feel like I experienced a lot of “this is something I never thought I would be doing” moments. Over the weekend, a group of us went to the Forty Foot, which is a swimming spot just outside of…

It is hard to believe that I have already been in Dublin for two weeks. Now that I have settled in a little more, I feel like I am finally finding my routine and becoming more comfortable with both my internship and life in Ireland. This past week gave me the opportunity to begin my…

Wow, what an incredible week. After a semi-hectic plane ride to DUB airport, I finally landed and caught a taxi from the airport to University College Dublin, where I am staying for the next 8 weeks. I quickly met up with the rest of the Pitt students who are also travelling with me, and we…

Hi! My name is Katherine Bortel and I am a rising junior this upcoming school year at the University of Pittsburgh. I am currently studying Psychology, and plan on continuing my studies post-undergrad in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Last semester, I found myself scrolling through Pitt’s Global Experience opportunities and came across a couple that piqued my…