{"id":320,"date":"2025-04-16T19:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/?p=320"},"modified":"2025-04-18T03:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:20:26","slug":"paulas-first-time-traveling-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/2025\/04\/16\/paulas-first-time-traveling-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Guess who&#8217;s going on a trip to Ireland!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you guessed <em>Mwah<\/em>&#8230; then you\u2019re RIGHT! I\u2019m Paula Mendoza, a first-generation Mexican American, and I\u2019ve never traveled to Europe before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7943-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7943-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7943-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7943-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7647-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7647-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7647-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7647-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7549-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7549-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7549-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7549-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_7549-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t know me, I&#8217;ll introduce myself in this blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m Paula Mendoza, I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. I\u2019m a senior at Point Park University, majoring in Marketing and Sales with a minor in Hispanic Studies. I have a twin sister named Isabel, and I can actually speak two languages (Spanish and English).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6925-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6925-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6925-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6925-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/pointparksocstudent.com\/Internationalmedia\/Ireland2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6925-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p> I also have a dog named Daisy, she\u2019s a Chihuahua mix and my baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I\u2019m definitely going to miss her when I leave for a month. \ud83d\ude41 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up as a Mexican-American, I&#8217;ve travel to visit my family back home in Mexico and understand my Culture and food. But, never in my 21 year of life I would ever have a chance in going to Europe especially going by myself studying in the beautiful city of Dublin . I&#8217;m so excited to share my journey and write about my experience in Ireland for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Catch you in my next post\u2026 all the way from Ireland&#8230;Take it away Crosby!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bing Crosby - Galway Bay\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gt7NdiFeYJA?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you guessed Mwah&#8230; then you\u2019re RIGHT! 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