I've fallen a bit behind on my posts as my family pointed out to me today. With the end of the semester coming up, it's been pretty busy. I've also started writing for the online blog for my study abroad program (check it out at https://www.isepstudyabroad.org/people/amy-golden ). But here are some highlights from the last month or so! The most exciting thing in these past weeks was being reunited with my family. There is nothing like hugging your mom and dad after missing their arms for over six months. And my giant of a brother hadn't grown at all since I'd been gone, much to my surprise. I was able to give them a small tour of the Northeast and then... Ireland! We spent a week driving around the bottom half of the country and I fell in love with the place. The greens and blues there are more vivid than anywhere else in the world (except maybe Colorado). The people were so friendly and wonderful, the pubs were full of traditional Irish music. I loved everything about it and going home was doubly difficult because I had to say goodbye both to the beautiful country and my beautiful family. To distract myself from all that, I was able to get tickets to a real life football/soccer match! This was something I'd been hoping to do all school year, so I jumped at the opportunity to see Sunderland's football team play. There was a dreadful fog that made everything look spooky, and the game ended tied 1-1, but I was so glad I got to experience the true British sport. The weather took a turn for the better and England had an unseasonable four days in a row of 60-70 degree weather. I went to the beach two days in a row, as did most of the city. The sun and blue skies were such a refreshing change. It was also funny to see the pale British population turn bright red for a few days in reaction to this strange thing called sunlight. My most recent adventure was to the Big North Tattoo Show over the weekend. It took place in Newcastle and featured tattoo artists from all around Great Britain. There was every type of tattoo style there, including the traditional tapping tattoo rather than mechanical. The room rung with the sound of buzzing tattoo guns and I walked past around 100 people getting a tattoo of sorts. The people were all so kind and from every walk of life, every age. It was a one of a kind-type day.
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Amy will be spending the academic year at the University of Sunderland in England studying journalism. Archives
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