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17 March 2016

Happy St. Patty’s Day #HogsAbroad


Well I haven’t posted in awhile, but that’s because there hasn’t been too much to update on. I’ve just been going to class and enjoying Aarhus. I have been in Aarhus up until this past weekend when we went to Dublin. I never really thought I would be able to make it to Ireland while I was over here, but my friends and I found a roundtrip flight to Dublin for $35, so we couldn’t resist. 
 
We left last Wednesday for Dublin and came back to Denmark on Saturday. It was a short, but great trip. We started out just sight seeing in Dublin. We saw the Spire, Dublin castle, Christ’s Church Cathedral, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The cathedral was so beautiful with amazing, colorful stain glass windows. That day we also went on a Guinness brewery tour. We got to explore the seven level brewery and then had a pint of Guinness in the gravity bar at the top of the brewery that had a 360 view of Dublin. It was a great view to enjoy a Guinness. 

(The Spire)
(The beautiful St. Patrick’s Cathedral)
 (Christ’s Church Cathedral)

That night we went out to a pub called O’Niells, which I highly recommend. They had delicious home cook like food. I got Irish chicken with mashed potatoes and roasted potatoes (I really like potatoes & I’ve missed them, so I had to double up). This was probably one of my favorite meals of my whole exchange.

The next day we took an early morning three hour bus ride to the Cliffs of Moher. The cliffs were absolutely GORGEOUS. If you are ever in Ireland, you definitely have to go see the Cliffs of Moher.
(I could never get tired of this view)

(It was just a little windy)
The final day in Dublin we only had the morning and early afternoon since our flight back to Copenhagen was at 4 pm. We woke up and went to a restaurant called Queen of Tarts for breakfast, which I also recommend. We had eggs, bacon, sausage, a potato cake, and toast. It was an amazing breakfast that kept us full the entire day.
(Such a delicious breakfast)
We got back to Aarhus Sunday afternoon, went to class on Monday and Tuesday and as I’m writing this I’m heading back to Copenhagen to start our spring break in Milan. And now there will be many more updates to come with our trip including Milan, Venice, Barcelona, Ibiza, and London.
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To find out more about the Walton college exchange program in Aarhus, visit http://studyabroad.uark.edu/exchange/wcobaarhus/