Author: sam.k.starkey

On the eve of the global pandemic, we squeezed in a week of naive bliss. A week of sibling symphonies, of entertainment, of fun. My sister planned her spring break to visit me from her…

It was never a question of if my mom would visit me, but rather a question of when. We planned for her to meet me in Dublin the second week of February, just about 3…

To condense a five-day holiday in three different cities into one blog post is a bit ambitious but clearly I am game for the challenge. A huge reason for living across the Atlantic is to…

With a fast two days off in a row, I wanted to take advantage and experience another place in Ireland. I spent 28 hours in Belfast, enough time to wander, meet new friends at a…

To all my devoted followers, wondering where I went for the better part of a month, I have been consumed with bringing Irish breakfast tea and fruit scones to wary shoppers during the chaos of…

My mediocre attempt at a pun combines the two most recent places I took a day trip to, while also paying homage to the holiday that took place a week ago. With the second month…

The train sped through varying countryside scenes of Ireland. There were empty fields with abandoned decaying cars, cows, green fields, stone walls, bushes and trees, houses and fences. The sky was bright and light grey,…

The sky was a brilliant blue hue and the air was crisp. Today I went on a hike in the Wicklow Mountains. I panted and sucked in the fresh air, drank strong black tea with…

When telling people that I was going to Prague, the near-universal response was “I love Prague!”- and it’s easy to see why. The buildings are unique yet cohesive and utterly beautiful. The rooftops are the…

We unintentionally booked our time in Berlin to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989 thousands of people stormed the streets to witness history. A monumental…