Natalie Ciejek's Blog

  The last destination on our trip was Dublin Ireland, even though we were there for a day & a half it was still pretty cool. We went to St. Patrick's Cathedral which was cool to see. I didn't know they still do masses there I thought it was just only for museum showings. For the English FSAT class, I did my presentation on the Book of Kells. After learning about the Book of Kells. I wanted to check out the exhibit myself. We went to Trinity College in Dublin which is everywhere by the way, it is very spread out amongst the city. Seeing the Book of Kells was my favorite part of the Dublin trip it was the one thing I wanted to do in Dublin. While I was staring at the Book of Kells I kept thinking wow "it's here it's right in front of me the book I presented in class I'm staring at it with my own two eyes."  I'm going to be honest but Dublin Ireland was my least favorite of the trip. The reason why is it was our last trip destination and by that time

  The second part of our trip was to London, England. this was my most anticipated part and the part of the trip I was looking forward to the most. We took the train to London this time which was nice, we got to see fields of grass while on the train and experience beautiful views. The first location Sarah took us to was Trafalgar Square which is the main part/center of London. Afterward, we were able to split off & do things on our own. My friends & I went to a 100% vegan, plant-based restaurant called Mildred's. They were super friendly, the service was great, and the food was delicious. They had this vegan whipped feta that was out of this world.  The next day we got on the bus and drove to the important parts of London. We drove by Kensington Place. Went to one of the many Prince Albert memorials. The next place we went to was the infamous & iconic Buckingham Palace. Being there didn't feel real. We visited the Towers of London which was an old prison, unfortuna

  I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Fashion & Fiction Study Abroad FSAT Trip in May. We visited Scotland for 2-3 days for the first part of the trip. The first day of traveling was exhausting my roommate Owen and my friend Sarah and I drove to the Pittsburgh airport then from there we hoped on what felt like a 10-hour flight to England. Then from England make our connecting flight to Glasgow Scotland. Our tour guide Sarah who was phenomenal and great throughout this trip took us around Glasgow first before we drove to Edinburgh. Sarah took us to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow it was nice to go to another location on this trip. The artwork there was beautiful but the only thing I didn't like was the taxidermies. Let's talk about Edinburgh Scotland. The first thing we did in Edinburgh was attend a dinner at Haymarket. We had tomato soup for appetizers, perfect after a long travel day and the cold weather outside. I am vegan & the meal I had was a vegan s

 Natalie Ciejek The book full of short stories called Dubliners by James Joyce  is a very interesting piece of literate. After reading all the short stories in the book a came to a realization about the meaning behind them all. The short story is like a timeline. The timeline is representing growing up and going through life. The first short story we read "The Sisters is about a young boy and his Aunt who visit two girls who are sisters who watch over the body of the priest who has passed away. It's their brother. The next story is called "An Encounter" This short story is about two boys who skip class to walk around Dublin Ireland for the day. They go on an adventure and are having the time of their lives until they come across a mean old mean man who scares them into wishing they never skip class in the first place. Following " An Encounter" we move on to the next short story called "Araby" This short story is about a young boy who wants to buy