by Alex Schmidt | Jan 15, 2020 | Cork, Ireland, Ireland, Living Abroad
I took a calculated risk and booked my flight to Ireland without even having a visa. I had one month to gather my papers, squeeze an appointment in at the Irish embassy, and make my dream of getting a job abroad happen. One month later, I boarded my flight to Dublin...
by Alex Schmidt | Sep 28, 2017 | Cork, Ireland, Ireland
When I first arrived in Cork with my Croatian boyfriend, we hadn’t a clue how we were going to make it. We were staying in a run-down bed and breakfast outside of the city. We didn’t have jobs or an apartment. I began to question why I fought so hard to get a...
by Alex Schmidt | Jul 30, 2017 | Cork, Ireland, Europe
If there’s one thing that Ireland taught me, it’s that you can’t trust the weather forecast. You can mope about how there’s a 100 percent chance of rain all week, only to be surprised by nothing but sun and blue skies. And that’s exactly how my solo experience and...
by Alex Schmidt | Jun 11, 2017 | Cork, Ireland
Worn out soles from adventure around Ireland. An international job at a national university. A new apartment with all my belongings—except my boyfriend. That’s what the past 3 months in Cork, Ireland has given me. It’s taken me longer than it should have to write...
by Alex Schmidt | Apr 1, 2017 | Cork, Ireland, Ireland
Yee Irish lads have some grand slang. From cheers, meaning “thank you”, to the use of the word “brilliant”, Irish vocabulary is similar to British in many ways. Yet some common Irish phrases will have all foreigners, especially Americans,...
by Alex Schmidt | Mar 5, 2017 | Cork, Ireland
Things began to move faster than I anticipated, and my only choice was to roll with the punches. Within a few short weeks, I found a part-time job, then took a new full-time job, traveled around Ireland’s coast, and built roots in my new home, Cork. It wasn’t until I...
