Off to Ireland!!!

Posted By: RebeccaRabiero
Posted On: September 1st, 2018
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As we say our last goodbyes to family and friends and head on over to the airport to start our next chapter in our lives in Ireland! It’s our first week here in Ireland and all the Scholars are together in Belfast. It is such an exciting time to venture out and explore this new country, luckily all 34 of us can share this new experience together. Belfast is such a beautiful city! To it’s cute little shops to old fashioned bars, its got a little of everything! We all made it over to St George’s Market which is such a cool place to get some gifts, art, jewelry, and little souvenirs. They also had a live band and such delicious foods! Everything was also super cheap. Some of the scholars and I went on our own to explore the city. It was such a fun day going into different bars, shops, taking cool pictures by wall art, and eating delicious foods. I had the best fish and chips there!

We all had our first home cooked meal at the McGuire’s house. It was very kind of them to have us all over and make us feel welcomed. Lots of “firsts” that happened that week. For another firsts, we did our first coaching session where we interacted with kids from the community. It was such a great experience getting to be around these kids, who come from rough backgrounds, and see the impact we make on them. They look forward to meeting with us, and it just warms your heart seeing the difference we make. We had a blast playing games and even teaching them how to play American Football.

It was a long first week and I had such a blast with everyone. The week was coming to an end as we departed our ways to our different schools. It was such a sad day saying goodbye to all the Scholars since we all became so close that week. Luckily we all now have places to stay throughout Ireland when we visit one another.