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Ireland
It's nearly impossible to let a rainy day get you down on the Emerald Isle because most of the action happens at the pub anyway, where a local Guinness really does taste better and, somehow, a fiddle never sounded so good. With its rich musical tradition and commitment to the craic (basically, “good times”), Monday night could just become your new Saturday. Whether your thing is fishing, castle-hopping, channeling your inner Joyce during a literary tour of Dublin, or taking a leisurely drive around the Ring of Kerry, you'll find a natural contentment here. Even if you don't have a lick of Irish heritage, when you dip a slice of brown bread into your potato leek soup, it feels like you've come home.
*A good, fun read about traveling through Ireland is “Round Ireland with a Fridge.”
Highlights: A pint in a pub … Blarney’s stone (don’t wear a skirt) … Kilkenny Castle … Ancient ties – but still very modern …
Best time to visit: May to September
What it costs:
Student Airfare: $388 New York to Dublin
7 nights in a hostel: $168 in Dublin
Can of Coke: $1.15
Exchange rate: $1 US = .73 Euro
Student Traveler travel in Ireland home page
Student Traveler articles on Ireland:
Highlights:
Study Abroad: University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC), Center for International Educational Exchange (CIEE), American Institute Foreign Study (AIFS), Lynn University, Cultural Experience Abroad (CEA), International Education Students (IES), SUNY Brockport, Knowledge Exchange Institute (KEI), Griffith College, Dublin, Academic Programs International (API),
Work Abroad: BUNAC, Work and Travel Ireland, Kingsbrook USA,
Adventure Travel: Radical Travel, Contiki Holidays, GAP Adventures,
Feature Articles
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 The goat had escaped her pen again. As she trotted nonchalantly past the kitchen window where I stood washing dishes in a 500-year old farmhouse in Ireland.
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Outside of Interlaken, Switzerland is the small village of Grindelwald that is great for views of the Swiss Alps. 
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Also known as the Emerald Isle, for it's lush green landscapes, Ireland is the land of a thousand welcomes. Although it has been ripped apart by years of political conflict, it is renowned for its hospitality and is proud of its strong spirit of a good time.
Ian Wright begins his travels at the spectacular Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. He then travels to Belfast before crossing the border and heading to Dublin, the capital of the republic. Passing through Cobh and Kerry, he then sails on to the Aran Islands, hikes in Conemara and Donegal and finally ends his journey on the wild and remote Tory Islands.
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