I will not accept the fact that I am going home in four days. I just won’t allow it. I know that I should be reminiscing on my time spent in Dublin, but I honestly do not think that a teary, eons-long post about how much this experience has meant to me (hint, hint: it’s…

July was a crazy month. I spent every weekend traveling outside of Dublin, which honestly was a little exhausting after awhile. After spending most of June in the city, I was ready to branch out into the vast unknown, but working around workdays is difficult at times. Since I’ve been in college, I haven’t really…

People are in a mad rush to learn about GDPR. “GDPR? Whatever is that initialism?” GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) are sweeping the EU right now, after being publicized in 2016 and coming into play on May 25, 2018. At first, I didn’t really realize what they were; I just noticed I had to agree…

I am very proud to say that at this point that I have been stopped multiple times, by Irish people, to be asked for directions. Unfortunately, I hate to admit that I have not been able to tell them where to go a single time, which is quite embarrassing at this stage. Nevertheless, the Irish people…

After being on two, week-long corporate impact project sites, I feel like I am finally getting down just how much work goes into planning a volunteer day. Usually, my organization handles the buying of paints, supplies, furniture, etc., with monetary help from the companies that will be participating. We also do quite a bit of…

I’m writing this blog entry on a train back to Dublin from Sligo, following a 5-day work trip. Some things in life make you feel really grown-up; things like paying taxes for the first time and looking into car loans and such (can everyone tell that I’m pretty much just playing adult at this point?)….

This past week was spent at my first on-site project. We spent hours revamping an autism unit at a school for disadvantaged children. Over 60 volunteers came together throughout the week; some from the corporate sponsor, some from the school themselves, some people’s family members came out – it was truly a site to be…

As mentioned in my last blog, last weekend I was able to take a quick day trip up to Northern Ireland. We crossed rope bridges, walked on volcanic rocks (or rocks placed by a giant!), skirted through the Dark Hedges, and strolled around Belfast. I realized though, on my travels last weekend, that Northern Ireland…

Ladies and gentlemen, we have done it. For the first time since coming to Ireland, I’ve left the country. All the way to…Northern Ireland. What was the most surprising thing about this day trip up north was that crossing the border into Northern Ireland, effectively another country, is as easy as crossing between state lines….