Personal Essay: The Trip Of A Lifetime

The Trip of a Lifetime I will always remember traveling to Europe this past summer. I started out the trip not knowing anybody else, and ended it crying my eyes out at our goodbyes. We spent every minute together for three weeks, doing things our peers could only dream about. Amazing memories come from each country we visited: France, England, Wales, and Ireland. The airport in France was where everyone met for the first time. There was forty five of us total, plus five leaders. About half of us were from all over Minnesota, and the other half were from Michigan. We were awkward at first, no one knew anyone. The worst part was we were assigned roommates for the night. I liked both of mine, but we were still complete strangers sharing a room. Over the first few …show more content…
We saw Trinity College, Phoenix Park, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Croke Park, and some other attractions. During the days we toured Dublin, we all got to stay with Irish host families. My family was great, they had two sons, whom we played Uno with late into the night every evening. We hardly keep in touch anymore, but I’ll never forget about my Irish family. Dublin would’ve been more fun to explore if it hadn’t been raining literally one hundred percent of the time. But my friends and I still made the best of it and I ended up buying even more clothes that I didn’t need. One night, my host mother offered to take us shopping again, and I just couldn’t resist and purchased even more. Next we visited the small town of Cahersiveen. There, we made a lot of great memories. We learned to play Gaelic football and despite the pouring rain and muddy field, we had a blast with each other. Our time together was almost up, so we made the best of it on our long bus ride to the Killarney, where we went on a boat ride through mountain lakes and then even got to take a horse-drawn carriage ride through the Gap of Dunloe. Ireland was almost as beautiful as