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Sláinte!

Given that this is my last blog post as a Mitchell, it seems essential to do a bit of reflecting. It has truly been quite an incredible year. I’ve couch-surfed with 21 people around the globe, visited 14 new countries, … Continue reading

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Importing Your Comfort Zone

Living in Europe, I’ve become increasingly aware of the numerous varieties of theme-based tourism this continent seems to invite. A prominent specialty of Ireland, for instance, is heritage tourism, in which visitors pilgrimage to, say, the former cottage of their … Continue reading

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Here Comes the Sun?

One of the strangest things about living here in Ireland is the different notion of the seasons. Try as I might, I couldn’t quite muster a smile for my friends and housemates when they wished me a well-intentioned “Happy Spring!” on … Continue reading

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Rights, Change, and Reflection

A few weeks ago, four courageous women came forward and shared their stories with the Irish Times. They did so again the next day in meetings with TDs and senators, whom the four women had e-mailed repeatedly in an effort … Continue reading

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When the sun goes down o’er Dublin town

The transformation from winter to spring in Ireland is unlike any seasonal change I have experienced.  When I left Dublin in March for a respite at home in the States, I left gray skies, damp air, and chilling cold.  When … Continue reading

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In Dublin’s Fair City…

An American, a Czech, two Germans, and a Kosovan walk into a bar…  This isn’t the start to a joke; it’s a Friday night in Dublin.  Though the Irish are said to have left the island in droves since the … Continue reading

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June 2010 Reflection

I have finally arrived back home in the states with a whole year in Ireland now behind me. While I will return back to Ireland fairly soon for my thesis defense, being back in the states for just a short … Continue reading

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June 2010 Reflection

On the notion of endings. There are endings. Endings are not just new beginnings. People die. People leave town. Phone numbers are lost and not found again. And in this regard, my year as a Mitchell Scholar is at an … Continue reading

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June 2010 Reflection

Peculiar how sometimes you feel so keenly the absence of a thing, as if the very essence of the world has changed. I sunk my foot in the sand just beneath the tide. Pulling it out, I could feel the … Continue reading

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March 2010 Reflection

Reflections on Translating “If you could describe this year in one word, what would it be?” Michael asked late in the evening as we waited in painted shadows for our flight out of Brussels. We were at the end of … Continue reading

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March 2010 Reflection

The Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland border is not a far distance from Dublin. It’s so close that were Dublin and Newry in the United States the distance between them would seem a lengthy but tolerable commute. It’s quite likely that … Continue reading

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March 2010 Reflection

I. Reduced to Our Achievements Recently our class had the privilege of touring the well-mannered jungle of bureaucracy that is the EU capital, Brussels. For two days we met with Irish diplomats, ministers, and business strategists, and at the beginning … Continue reading

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