{"id":1633,"date":"2025-05-24T01:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T01:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2025-05-24T01:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T01:25:37","slug":"final-send-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/2025\/05\/24\/final-send-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Send Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is our final day on our Ireland trip, and unfortunately I did not much more than stay inside and prepare myself for coming home.  Sav and I did step out to go to some shops on Grafton Street to get a few souvenir type stuff, but other than that we didn\u2019t do much else before dinner.  Oh! And we also got our final Biscoff McFlurry<\/em> from McDonalds<\/em> (a treat we learned that is 1: a limited time offer only in Europe, and 2: is so delicious and we love them immensely).  So we did that as well as a final hoorah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight we had our farewell dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant called Dunne & Crescenzi<\/em>.  It was so nice to get together as a group and relax a bit before a very busy and chaotic next day of traveling.  I had chicken marsala and roasted potatoes for dinner and vanilla panna cotta with raspberry compote for dessert.  The food was pretty good, and the dessert was interesting.  I have never had panna cotta before, and although it tasted like cheesecake (yum), I couldn\u2019t really get past the fact that it was gelatinous like Jell-O.  However, it was a fun evening all together.  I liked staying behind a bit after everyone but a few left, it was just a great opportunity to thank Sean, Ales, Heather, and Robin for everything they have done for us and for all of the things they organized to make this such a fun and memorable experience.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still can\u2019t believe that this journey has come to an end.  It went by so quickly, yet so much time has passed.  I have been blessed to have experienced the things I experienced and done the things I\u2019ve done.  I am deeply grateful for this experience and would recommend anyone to go on a trip like this if they can.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A final goodbye – my last view of Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, I am preparing for my journey home, which I do miss very much and am actually really excited to get to go home to my family (and my pets!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until next time Ireland!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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