{"id":17528,"date":"2022-06-15T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=17528"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:01:32","slug":"first-week-in-galway-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/2022\/06\/15\/first-week-in-galway-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"First week in Galway, Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been in Galway, Ireland, for about a week now. It is beautiful here! The weather is not what I expected at all. It is very cold, rainy and windy, which is the complete opposite of the weather at home right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got off on a rough start due to many apartment issues such as no power, no WiFi and no hot water. Everything is fixed and great now, though! I had the week to explore the city and I believe I know how to get around now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to talk about the transportation here. The driver&#8217;s seat and roads are opposite to what we are used to, so at first, it was very confusing. We are staying in the dorms at the National University of Ireland-Galway, which is about a mile and a half walk downtown. This is about a 30-minute walk. There is no Uber here, only taxis, and they are very expensive, so we walk everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have walked nearly 10 miles every day so far, which I have never done at home since I have a car. It has been very beneficial for my mental and physical health, but it also took a lot of getting used to. I have blisters on my feet and I am sore all over. Overall, I am finally settled in and having a blast!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52148910309_9235896613_z.jpg\" alt=\"The turquoise sea laps at the base of tall stone cliffs topped with grass under a gray sky.\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cliffs of Moher &#8211; absolutely beautiful!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52148910269_e43caa99fb_z.jpg\" alt=\"Quiny poses in front of a stone wall at the top of the Cliffs of Moher.\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at the Cliffs of Moher. So much walking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52148689123_9d75e398e8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Seven students pose in front of a stone wall with the Cliffs of Moher behind them.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group of girls I&#8217;m traveling with. I love them already!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-body\" style=\"background: #D7D7D7\">Learn more about this blogger&#8217;s study abroad program: <a href=\"https:\/\/mystudyabroad.missouri.edu\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&amp;Program_ID=10820\">Global Mizzou Service: Working with Vulnerable Adult Populations in Ireland<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in Galway, Ireland, for about a week now. It is beautiful here! The weather is not what I expected at all. It is very cold, rainy and windy, which is the complete opposite of the weather at home right now. I got off on a rough start due to many apartment issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-17528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ireland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18490,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17528\/revisions\/18490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}