{"id":7540,"date":"2019-06-19T16:58:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2021-03-29T10:53:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T10:53:22","slug":"exploring-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/exploring-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>After living the entire 20 years of my life in Buffalo I mustered up the courage to pull of the Band-Aid and pack my life away to live in Dublin, Ireland for five months. \u00a0I remember the day I was preparing to leave, January 27<sup>th<\/sup>, the air was chilled and the snow piles were high. Although I hated this type of weather I couldn\u2019t help but feel sentimental about leaving my home city for the next five months to experience a whole different culture.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_8484-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>One of the first pictures I took of my new home, Dublin<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In my hometown, Irish culture tends to resonate with people but the experiences I had in Ireland were nothing like I could have expected. Buffalo may be known for its crazy party culture and wild sports fans but I\u2019d say the Irish could probably out drink us. My friends and I would go out on Monday nights for \u20ac1.50 drinks but going out on a Monday in America? Basically unheard of. I still don\u2019t think my liver has bounced back from my lifestyle there. From drinking in the streets for St. Patrick\u2019s Day, going to the Guinness storehouse sky bar, to (overly) expensive pints in Temple Bar, there were truly memories made that I will never forget.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4152.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Posting up in front of Trinity College for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day 2019<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-1-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Posing for a pic after pouring the &#8220;perfect&#8221; Guinness at the Guinness Storehouse<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-2-1024x818.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Strolling through Temple Bar with friends that will last a lifetime.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Along with Ireland knowing how to party, I have seen sights and towns that have taken my breath away. From Galway, Kilkenny, Killarney, to the Cliffs of Moher &#8211; Ireland has infinite beauty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-4-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>The tour guide on the way to the Cliffs couldn&#8217;t stop raving about how lucky we got with the weather; sometimes you can&#8217;t even see the cliffs!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-5-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>We also coincidentally found a Buffalo Bills clock during our Ring of Kerry Tour<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-6-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>To colorful homes that are #goals in Galway<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reddoorwny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-7-766x1024.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Making the most of windy and rainy days by exploring the Kilkenny Castle<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>My experience in Ireland has changed my life for the better. I owe so much to this small yet charming country and hope to return as soon as possible. Although I saw a lot of Ireland there are still so many places I wish I could have gotten to during my time there. I could talk about Ireland forever but my best advice is if you get the chance to go definitely go! And drink a Guinness for me while you\u2019re at it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Kerilyn Kostek<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After living the entire 20 years of my life in Buffalo I mustered up the courage to pull of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":242901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"coauthors":[10386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7540"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reddoorwny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}