Our Spring Break was March 10th through the 14th. I was able to travel to Brussels, Belgium to visit a long lost family friend from when we lived in China. I had some troubles getting to the airport and thinking that I was going to miss my flight. But I made it! It was my first time doing all the airport stuff by myself. When I got there I felt like I was at home. The Hollows were awesome as well. It was great catching up with them. One day we went to a University town, which is a typical town is Belgium. We had lunch there and just walked around. Another day we went to PARIS!!!
Paris is awesome! Just what I thought it would be like. We had a very busy day. We pretty much saw all the huge tourist attractions in one day. The weather was nice in the morning, so I didn't bring a jacket...huge mistake! It got pretty cold, windy, and rainy. But I still had a blast. We went to the Notre Dame, The Louvre, Arc De Triomphe, we walked and shopped on the Champs-Elysees, took a boat tour of Paris, and last but not least went to the Eiffel Tower. We were able to go up to the second level, it was so amazing but cold! This is a very short version of this day :)
On Sunday I went to church and then we toured around Brussels. I had a Belgium waffle :) so good! I love the towns over here. So many old building and they have little squares in the middle of the major streets. I loved my break and it was much needed.
On the way back I had to go through immigration again to get back into Ireland. I got stopped and questioned for 30 minutes. Long story short, I had to tell them I was visiting when I came in January to get my 90 stamp. But when coming back in they had a problem that I was "visiting" again. I couldn't tell them that I was a student because of my story before. So after a lot of questions and being scared that they were going to send me back that day, I got 1 month stay. Which means I had to go the the immigration office and see if I would be able to stay longer. At first they said they could do nothing for me, but then they came back saying that I could register and be able to stay till May 7th. Thank the LORD! Many prayers were answered.
This week we have our Irish Lit prof here to teach us. We are traveling to Donegal and some other day trips. It will be a long week.
I would just ask for prayers as I need them with this week and some decisions I have to make.
Totally thought of you when I was in Savannah, GA during St. Patrick's day madness!! I've always wondered... what is St. Patrick's Day like in Ireland??
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