Author: sam.k.starkey

Seven minutes into a seven-hour train ride to Berlin, the taste of Cologne is fresh. As the launching pad for our 10-day extravaganza, we came in with minimal expectations for the three days here, and…

Writing from the comfort of my new bed, I listen to a playlist a dear friend made of Portuguese music, and I can finally let out my breath. During the last month of October I…

I’ve now been in Dublin for roughly 72 hours. The easygoing energy of touring a new place has vanished and I feel left with overwhelming sensations of nerves and excitement. I wander the city, without…

The roofs of the buildings are a terra cotta red. But not a terra cotta red that of your potted plants, but a red that makes you dance during twilight, an inviting hue of coordination…

A brisk autumn air envelops the atmosphere here, and though Bean town experiences all four seasons I suspect that it feels like eternal autumn. Influenced by pockets of academia, Boston vividly lives up to the…

Five and a half months ago I earned a Bachelors Degree in Political Science, Psychology and Environmental Ethics. A month later I acquired a holiday working visa to live and work in Ireland for a…