Global Scrapbook, continued...
Lara McPherson at the Alnwick Castle (aka the “Harry Potter” castle) in Northumberland, UK
Margaret and Scott McKelvy on their honey- moon in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic JoAnn Dawson of Fairwinds Farm gets familiar with a llama in Chile during a LEAD Maryland international study trip.
Madison and Dale Clabaugh of Frederick County with an amazing elephant from an elephant sanctuary in Jaipur, India
Mckenzie Taylor and Ink Spots defended their World Individual Mounted Games title while competing in England again this summer.
Heather Achen of Northern Light Farm soaked up some sun in the Bahamas.
Experiencing an Incredible Ireland by Equiery intern Carly Weilminster I am lucky enough to call myself a traveler. I have been on more than my fair share of amazing family
vacations. From gallivanting across Tuscany, road tripping to Canada, and sunbathing on Barcelona beaches, I would say I’ve found a knack and love for travel. I will be a senior at Boston College by the time this article gets to you, which is a scary thought in itself. Not only do I attend BC as a student, but also have the responsibility of being an athlete. Playing lacrosse for the university brings an entirely new defi nition to the word busy, so going abroad during the year was a big no-go for me. But, as I watched my friends post pictures to Facebook and Instagram of their treks across the globe (Australia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Turkey… just to name a few), I became determined to fi nd a way to study abroad and experience something new without abandoning my duties at school. I cannot say enough amazing things about BC and the programs they off er to their students, but that’s an entirely separate story. One day I decided to walk into our Offi ce of International Programs and just ask about what kind of programs they would be able to off er students confi ned to specifi c travel dates. Not only was I taken aback by the number of summer programs they off ered, but honestly I felt a little ignorant to the fact that I had never known about them before. You name a place and they will make sure you get
there. From Bali to Beijing and Qatar to Quito you can pretty much go wherever you please. T e classes also span across the summer months making it easily accessible and fl exible for students. After some serious deliberation (I was highly considering Qatar or Bali) I chose a much more simple Dublin. An English-speaking country with a pretty tame plane ride seemed great and an added bonus was the class being off ered: T e Business, History, and Politics of Sport. Yes you read that correctly, a class abroad about sports. When I phoned my parents, who were extremely supportive of me going abroad, to tell them I had decided on the class, my mom almost choked. “A class about sports, you’re kidding me ,right? Am I paying for this?” she said, but the opportunity to study somewhere new would be one of the best decisions of my life. Luckily for me, I would not be making the journey alone; two of my teammates and best friends decided to pack their bags and head over with me. We had a secret countdown hanging in our lockers and on our computers of the number of days until we left the good ol’ U.S. of A. On May 28 my journey began, as I boarded a plane back to Boston with four bags and an incredibly excited smile. Two days later we headed to Dublin. After a seriously uncomfortable overnight fl ight and a valiant attempt to watch “T e Hobbit,” we looked out our windows and all we could see was green.
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