... As the days wind down, I figured I should get this handy blog started! Blogging while I was in Kenya really helped me to reflect on my time there, and it's so nice to have a blog now that I'm back that I can look over to remember my time there. So, off to my newest adventure: Ireland.
I'll be studying at Trinity College in Dublin until the end of May through a program from Butler University in Indiana, and I leave in three very short days! Saturday evening I board the plane at Newark with a few other group members and embark on my new journey.
I decided to title this blog "Taking the Long Way Around" after one of my favorite Dixie Chicks songs, because it's about going out on your own and adventuring your own way, which is what I will be doing. Ireland will be a very different experience from Kenya: much more individualized, and obviously much more academic. I know I'll face challenges, but it will be so nice to get off a plane in a country where everyone speaks English (different challenges than Kenya).
So, wish me luck! And if you're in Ireland (or anywhere in Europe) between now and June, let me know! I plan to travel a lot, so I'd love to come meet you. Thanks for reading my ramblings... Slainte!
Love,
Julia
Dearest Julia! Blessings as you journey with your lovely open heart ready to drink in every experience and wonder! May your days be filled with insight and awareness, wonder and delight and with grace and goodness. If you visit the Mercy International House on Baggot Street (across from St. Steven's Green) say a little prayer there for me. It is the house where the Sisters of Mercy began. Catherine McAuley is buried there. She is one of my favorite people...as are you!WE will remember you here at NDA on February 2 especially as we celebrate St. JULIE Day. Love always, Ms. France xoxox
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