I am writing this blog on my first day back from my time abroad in Dublin, and it honestly feels so surreal. I am incredibly grateful for the experience, as well as all the help I have received along the way, which made this whole program possible. Study abroad has challenged me in ways that…

Fresh off the plane, my roommates and I marched confidently into our local Dublin Lidl to do our grocery shopping. “What could go wrong?” we had thought. While walking up and down the aisles and picking out my weekly ingredients felt very familiar, it was what happened afterwards that will continue to stick with me…