Well, I'm home. Spent time making some important calls, and then fell into blissful slumber around 9 PM, which may explain why I'm up before the crack of dawn and feel so awake and craving a nice breakfast.
Ireland... it is beautiful. Whether we were on the coastline, climbing up a hiking path, or just driving from point A to point B, we could pretty much stop, take a picture, and it would look like a postcard. The small towns all look like they could be the set for a movie. Open up the window, and it sounds like one of those ambient CDs that are supposed to help you relax, with the sound of birds, running water, the wind, the waves. But you know what's incredible? It's real. I was there, I wasn't separated by a television screen or a stereo, I walked and drove through that land and I breathed its air. I will need to go back, and in fact I've been looking up information on study abroad programs. Ideally, I would love to attend a course on the natural history of Ireland, or perhaps an ornithology course, anything that would involve me mainly getting to study and learn in the field with minimal time in the classroom. I know it exists, because I can't be the only person who wants to be there and learn. It may not be this year, but this is now a real goal for me that I would like to complete within the next 5 years.
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