blogs , Emma Elizabeth Willard
From New England to (old) Ireland, comparing and contrasting on my study abroad year
Over the Christmas holidays I traveled back to my hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, and was instantly greeted with a two-day snowstorm, which got me thinking about some of the cultural and social comparisons between the two places I find myself most- New England and Ireland. Weather: Coming from Boston, I felt prepared to handle the stereotypical Irish weather; I owned plenty of rain gear already, and I loved the fact that Ireland ...
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