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Looks like it's time for a new brand: College purse tips.College purse tip #305: Always bring your own lunch. Food in Europe, as previously mentioned, is muy expensivo. It's worth getting a few weird looks from your fellow travelers to save twelve bucks. Also, in N. Ireland, nothing goes better with a cold cheese sandwich than a 2 GBP warm bowl of soup and wheaten.GBP = Great Britain Pounds.

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Travel on a Shoestring tip # 1279: Always hook up with a tour group for hard-to-reach locales. Preferably one that's already paid for their bus. There was a group of students on a summer study abroad experience from the U of Missouri (they have a cute name for it: Mizzou) living in the dorms. I was lucky enough to be able to hitch a ride (via Denise) on their bus to go to Inishowen. Inishowen is

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Wham! I just got hit with my first interview. Today, Denise took me to a tradeshow in Belfast for social economy organizations, to see if I could make any contacts that would help me with my research. Even though this is what I'm studying this summer, I still find it kind of wierd when organizations that are dedicated to helping people take part in stereotypical business activities. When we got

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On my last day, I woke up early and had a nice bowl of Wheetabix. Wheetabix is a miracle for people who want to stop the rumbly feeling in the morning but can't quite deal with tasting anything that early in the day. Then, four of us left the flat and went for a hike. After the hike (did we go to the art museum? I can't remember when during the weekend this happened) Amit and I had the best

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Early the next morning, Amit and I headed out for the Scottish Highlands. Pitlochry is the shortest train ride away from Edinburgh that can still be called the Highlands. If you're staying in Glasgow, Loch Ness is doable for a day trip. Now, I always thought that the fabled sea snake was the Lochness Monster, and that Lochness was just her intimidating name. Like the Cookie Monster. Actually,

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Roowwaaawwrrrr!!!!! They made me put my broadsword in a glass case when I went through customs. Good thing I brought appropriate attire. I think I blended in well enough...Since this is my first time in Europe (if you don't count a very dark stay in Poland), I was excited to get around to some other countries. Although my experience is limited, I believe Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful

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Fair warning: this post is boring as it has to do with research stuff.So, originally I had arranged to have a placement with a peacebuilding organization for the duration of my stay. They are an organization that helps give disadvantaged people employment opportunities.During the second week of my placement, my placement mentor whisked me out of the office rather abruptly. She took me on a day

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Today I went to an arts class, designed to facilitate cross-community ties as well as to teach marketable craft skills and math. I quilted a potholder! (Okay, I sewed the little strips of fabric together and the teacher did everything else). The instructor was an imposing, gregarious woman who was mortified that I didn't know how to use a sewing machine and tutted over my ironing abilities. I was

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For the first two weeks that I was in L'Derry, I thought the Irish were obsessed with deer. Everyone around me was saying, "that grocery store has many deer," and "France has too many deer." When I got to the grocery store, I wandered around the meat department, puzzled by the lack of deer. I wasn't actually gonna buy any, I just wanted to see if they had it. It turns out that "dear" is an Irish

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I'm a rising junior at Swarthmore College, going for an honors major in Economics with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies. Peace Studies is a relatively new, inter-disciplinary field, so there is some room to explore how to approach peacebuilding from an economic standpoint. Swarthmore gives out summer research grants, so back in February Professor Magee from my Intro to Peace and Conflict

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The Airporter is a bus that runs from the Belfast Airport to L'Derry. It's very convenient, if a little dear. As I make my way from baggage claim to the Airporter, my first contact with an Irish person is about to begin."Yoogamabloogabloo.""Excuse me?"The bus driver slows down, making an extra effort to enunciate."Yoogonntoohoppallkeeside?""What?""You goin' to the hospital or Quayside*?""Umm..."

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There's something about overnight flights that I just love. I love all flights, actually. I even like airplane food. (I know, right, my profile interests say good food?) I think it has to do with the yearly trips we would make back to Maryland to see Grandma Margie. My theory is, if you want your kid to like flying, take them early. Actually--I take that back--my theory is that all parents with

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Greetings from Northern Ireland! It's my first day here, and I'm so excited! What a trip, right? Just kidding, it's actually six weeks into my trip and I get to go home to California in three ;) I'm looking forward to seeing everyone! It took me a while to figure out what I want in a blog, so now that I have it set up, hopefully posting will be the easy part. On the bright side, my blog is so

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