So I went to Dublin the summer before my eighth grade year of school. I went all by myself for the very first time. I attended a three week summer course there studying archaeology. This course was based in Dublin, but since not all the the archaeological sites are based in Dublin, there was some frequent traveling to be done. Ireland is a really interesting country; it has the most bogs in all of Europe. For those of you who are wondering what a bog is it is basically dry marshland. Don't worry, I did not find out until we got to one. ( I was the only American in that class.) Another thing is hurling. No, I don't mean barfing. Hurling is actually one of the fastest sports. I did not pay attention and in the first seventeen seconds the score was 7-3. I can't really describe hurling; it is like a mix of hockey, lacrosse, baseball, and football. Yea, I know what you are thinking: this sport is ridiculous. I decided to add a picture of a bog (bottom) and a hurling game (top). Oh, and just for clarification all these pictures are taken by me, Malika Mehrotra, that is why there is no photo credit. ANYWAYS, another thing about Ireland is the crisps and chips. HUH? Well, I'll make it simple for you. Crisps=Chips and Chips=Fries. This sounds weird, but believe me after being there almost a month, you catch onto their lingo. It is a common supposition that Ireland is just like a mini Great Britain, but the Irish culture is definitely one of its kind. Slán leat
So I went to Dublin the summer before my eighth grade year of school. I went all by myself for the very first time. I attended a three week summer course there studying archaeology. This course was based in Dublin, but since not all the the archaeological sites are based in Dublin, there was some frequent traveling to be done. Ireland is a really interesting country; it has the most bogs in all of Europe. For those of you who are wondering what a bog is it is basically dry marshland. Don't worry, I did not find out until we got to one. ( I was the only American in that class.) Another thing is hurling. No, I don't mean barfing. Hurling is actually one of the fastest sports. I did not pay attention and in the first seventeen seconds the score was 7-3. I can't really describe hurling; it is like a mix of hockey, lacrosse, baseball, and football. Yea, I know what you are thinking: this sport is ridiculous. I decided to add a picture of a bog (bottom) and a hurling game (top). Oh, and just for clarification all these pictures are taken by me, Malika Mehrotra, that is why there is no photo credit. ANYWAYS, another thing about Ireland is the crisps and chips. HUH? Well, I'll make it simple for you. Crisps=Chips and Chips=Fries. This sounds weird, but believe me after being there almost a month, you catch onto their lingo. It is a common supposition that Ireland is just like a mini Great Britain, but the Irish culture is definitely one of its kind. Slán leat
THAT IS SO COOL!! That's so young to go on one of those programs; it's awesome your parents let you do that. I've never been to Dublin, but I would love to go.
ReplyDeleteI wish I was you! You've been everywhere and take the best pictures ever! I think I might go to Ireland for one week over summer!!
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty cool. Do you have any videos of the game? Maybe you could put those up.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty sick how your parents let you go to camp outside of the country.
SO I remember the summer you went :).
ReplyDeleteAnd I think you're an amazing photographer. And I love your copyright notice.
And I want to honeymoon here, too.
Oh no....did you sink in the bog??
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-nita
WOW I LOVE THAT QUOTE from st. augustine.
ReplyDeleteI definitely want to read more pages!!! :)
the chips and crisps thing seems so confusing. how did you get use to that?
ReplyDeleteI love fish and chips. And before I went there I always thought people were weird to eat fish with potato chips. Yay for Ireland! but I like England more!!!
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