Two Weeks

After returning from London, API took students to the Everyman Theater across the river and we saw a play called "Defender of the Faith." This play was set during the time of the Irish Independence fight and was not a play I would recommend for small children. Though having a rather depressing end, the acting and sets were amazing!
 The next day, API left with other study abroad programs to explore the Ring of Kerry for the whole weekend. And explore we did! We walked through caves that would have made my geology professors jump for joy, saw the site where the first transatlantic cable from Newfoundland to the United States was successful in transmitting a message, almost got blown away at the summit of a mountain that overlooked the town and ocean, and learned about one of the oldest monastic sites in Ireland-Skellig Islands. We also learned about Gaelic Football, danced Ceili dances, and participated in a sing song.

  

 

Also anybody that knows me and my roommate Grace, knows that we love the movie "Leap Year" with Amy Adams. And I told her I wanted to study abroad in Ireland by us watching that movie. Well, I totally saw the castle that was used in the movie. The three pictures I've shown above from my Ring of Kerry trip doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of all that we saw. So if you are interested in seeing more and check out my Facebook album, unoriginally titled, "Senior Year."