Wow where do I even start. I feel like it is a cliche for people to say that study abroad changed their life, but for me it really did.  There were so many aspects I was able to pull from and grow from on this trip.  I most definitely grew as both a person and…

I feel that I have been fairly lucky in life to be comfortable with public speaking. I feel that a lot of my strengths come from this comfort.  One thing I have been told I do well is make eye contact with everyone in the room and being fairly expressive.  However, sometimes I feel I…

In our short two weeks in Ireland, it has been easy to see that even within a country with so much history, things are changing very rapidly. The whole world is changing rapidly with the advancement of technology, and Ireland is also changing due to this and the newly added multinationals. If we were to…

As the trip to Ireland is winding down, it is easy to see how much of an attraction this country is for tourists.  In analyzing the different aspects of this country it is also easy to determine why people come here.  However, there are also less desirable aspects.  Several speakers, in discussing the desirability of…

What’s up fam I’m gonna break this in two for you thanks for visiting my blog. Food Cloud Our first visit of the day to Food Cloud was, like the other visits, unlike the rest.  The presenter himself was indicative of the caring, entrepreneurial brand of Food Cloud.  You could tell he was one of…

First of all wow.  The Amazon visit is something I will truly remember forever.  As a BIS major and someone very interested in tech, it completely opened my eyes to the possibilities of both careers and for human kind in general. For the first talk with Alexa, the first thing that stood out to me…

Visiting the cliffs today was simply surreal.  To be honest, I went into the visit a little cynical as I do with most touristy places, but I was blown away by its beauty and the surrounding countryside.  It’s crazy how places like that give you perspective and make you realize how truly small you are…

Over the past few days, it has been clear that Ireland has been working hard since the recession to establish a marketable brand to the rest of the world.  This was first evident on the first day with the trip to Google.  We discussed the reason the multinationals were coming to Ireland.  Part of this…

My top 5 strengths and how I use them on this trip: Competition: measuring progress against the performance of others, strive to win and revel in contests – during this trip I have used my competition strength to absorb the positive energy of others and feed off this to equal their level.  Whether in class…

I think to myself a lot about the big questions in the world like if I travelled in an airplane west covering each time zone in an hour would I always live in the same time, do we all see colors the same, and most importantly what comprises the Irish national identity? Well I only…

Hey y’all what’s up it’s your favorite Irish train rider behind literally everyone else including the drunk man that got jammed in the doors (thx Zac) and the pee on the ground. Anyway I literally thought I was getting a full time offer today and me and the girl that gave us the tour were…

Following the repeal of the 14th Amendment in America, which called for the segregation of schools in America, nine African American students were blocked from entering Little Rock Central High School in Alabama.  While this event was not even close to the endless atrocities against African Americans, this represented the future of racial relations in…

Well hello and welcome to episode two of Marty’s Ireland blog. Today was an action filled day combined with no sleep but hey, it’s the travel life.  Anyways, we got our first taste of Ireland and the general consensus is it’s beautiful here. While I wish they were still behind in the pollen cycle so…