February and March

The months of February and March are probably the most crazy and hectic months of our trip here for me!

In February, there was the One Mile Challenge, which is where we ran a mile to raise money for a new sports pitch at our school. A pitch is a field where they play sports like field hockey. My school is hoping to build an "all weather" pitch which is really important here because it rains so much. It was really fun but it was really cold outside because we were running at nine in the morning! (Not as cold as Minnesota!) Everybody here, when we were waiting outside, was shivering and I'm in short sleeves. It is not really that cold!

Also, I had my first basketball game! We played against Mount Anville and we won 18-8! I scored my first ever basket in a game, so that was really fun too! My coach is American, just like me! He calls me "USA"!

In March, there is going to be an International Lunch, which is when everybody makes something from their country. There are girls from Spain, Italy, and the Philippines in my school. Even though the majority of the girls are Irish, they can sign up for different countries too. I am trying to think of something really American to make. Any ideas?


xo Maggie

My First Post

Hey Guys!

Here's my blog!

I had some trouble coming up with a good name so that's why I didn't start it sooner, and another reason is that I wanted to have stuff to write about too.

School here is similar in some ways and different in others.

The similarities are:

• I change classes
• Most of the subjects
• I have a locker 
• We wear uniforms (everyone in Ireland wears uniforms! Here is a picture of me in my uniform!)

The differences are:

• Longer and later lunch time (they eat lunch at 2!)
• Longer school day (we go from 8:40 to 3:00 on MWF and to 3:40 on T/Th)
• It is "high school"
• They offer "home ec" and "art"
• I take French instead of Spanish

Traveling has been fun. Our last trip was to Paris and we have more coming up. The Eiffel Tower was amazing! It sounds so cliche, but that was my absolute favorite part with the Arc de Triomphe a close second.

Me at the Arc de Triomphe

It was really funny when we went to restaurants or shops because we couldn't speak a lot of French except for what I learned in school and what my mom remembered from high school.

The first day we were in Paris Johnny and I walked into a souvenir shop and started to talk to the worker. He totally pretended not to speak English. It was so funny and embarrassing.

I miss everyone and am having a good time here.

-Maggie