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girl meets world
I’m a twenty-something professional wanderluster penning my experience living and traveling abroad. My great love affair with the world began when I studied abroad in Rome. After graduation I moved abroad on a gap year to Ireland, fell in love and never came home. I went on to study in Scotland and now am back working in Dublin! Follow along as this Michigan girl finds her place in the world.
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Lisbon is often likened to the San Francisco of Europe - a coastal city built atop seven hills, where the cable cars buzz by along their tracks and a golden suspension bridge spans the waterfront. Lisbon carries a similar welcoming West Coast charm. Here past and present collide in a municipality wh[...]
At Glendalough, it's easy to see why wild Wicklow is known as the Garden of Ireland. A network of trails loop past old monastic ruins and through towering forests, up steep ridges like the Spinc and around lakes and valleys. Sitting at the heart of the Wicklow Mountains National Park, Glendalough is[...]
The Isle of Mull is a haven of whisky and wilderness off Scotland's western coast, and its neighbor Iona a hallowed and spiritual sanctuary. Situated in the Inner Hebrides, these isles offer a tranquil getaway with a vastly different landscape from the bustle of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Look out the w[...]
“I never expected just how quickly a place can become a home, but when you find it, you know. I think this is only the beginning of our story together. I’ll always be finding my way back.” These were the words that I wrote on 25 July 2018, when my year of living in Ireland came to a close. I[...]