After almost exactly ten years, I’ve finally come back. While many things feel so familiar to me, there is a vast feeling of alienation from the country I am supposed to call my ancestral home. It felt only fitting to start my time here with the same people I had been with the last time: my parents. Landing around ten days before the start of my program, we traveled to Trim, Hodson Bay, Galway, Westport, and Ashford Castle before finally settling down in Dublin. We spent the first several days plagued with jet lag, only craving the sweet comfort of […]