Day 14: Last Day in Ireland
It is currently Sunday, May 28th, and this will be the final blog post for our trip. All we have left is a group dinner at The Norseman and making our flight tomorrow morning back to Chicago. If we believe the step tracker on my phone, I've walked 172,327 total steps on this trip (with the highest day clocking in at 18,785). I think I speak for the entire group when I say we all learned a lot in the course, both in educational settings and in less formal discussions and conversations with those who live here. I also think it's fair to say that the students all learned something about themselves on this journey. By the way, they have been amazing, and I want to thank them for being (mostly) on time, always making curfew, and for generally following the rules we put in place to ensure everyone's safety and my sanity. A special thanks to my wife Jennifer for her excellent navigational skills and remembering to count students on a regular basis so we didn't leave anyone behind. Below are some of my favorite photos from the trip. I hope you enjoyed following along on our adventure!
- Neal McNabb
Mural in the Shankhill Road area.
The Giant's Causeway. Notice the unique structure of the rocks!
Our tour guide in Derry, Paul Doherty. His father was killed on Bloody Sunday when Paul was only 8 years old.
Train ride to Limerick (the first train ride for several in our group).
The driver of the car was "just trying to get home." Unfortunately, he decided to drive the wrong way on a very long one-way road!
An Irish Coffee from the Ha'penny Bridge Inn Pub in Dublin.
Thank you so much for sharing this journey. It was fun living vicariously through you and the students.
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