Submitted by Jan Jones (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 16:45.
Our trip to Ireland was fantastic! We met a variety of individuals promoting and working on the development of sustainable tourism initiatives. Here are a few things that I learned on my trip:
- Hire a driver when trying to get around in Dublin. It is a lovely city but there are no road signs and it can be a challenge for first time left side of the road drivers (especially with a vanload of back seat drivers!).
- Everyone in Ireland starts singing "Country Roads" when you tell them that you live in West Virginia.
- Internet access in Ireland is similar to that in West Virginia- you never know when or where it might work.
- Traveling with a group of tourism and community development people from West Virginia makes you extremely proud to work and live in West Virginia! I was hoping to return with and Irish accent but instead returned with more of a WV Southern accent!
- I learned that there are very exciting academic programs in Ireland that mirror what we are trying to do here.
- Traveling with a group of people is an adventure in itself!
- The NorthWest regions of Ireland are just as beautiful and fun to visit as the more popular tourist destinations.
All in all this was an amazing trip. This was an opportunity to share ideas and culture with people in Ireland and to form lasting friendships with the people that I traveled with. If you ever have the opportunity to go to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day...GO!
Ireland March 2008
Our trip to Ireland was fantastic! We met a variety of individuals promoting and working on the development of sustainable tourism initiatives. Here are a few things that I learned on my trip:
- Hire a driver when trying to get around in Dublin. It is a lovely city but there are no road signs and it can be a challenge for first time left side of the road drivers (especially with a vanload of back seat drivers!).
- Everyone in Ireland starts singing "Country Roads" when you tell them that you live in West Virginia.
- Internet access in Ireland is similar to that in West Virginia- you never know when or where it might work.
- Traveling with a group of tourism and community development people from West Virginia makes you extremely proud to work and live in West Virginia! I was hoping to return with and Irish accent but instead returned with more of a WV Southern accent!
- I learned that there are very exciting academic programs in Ireland that mirror what we are trying to do here.
- Traveling with a group of people is an adventure in itself!
- The NorthWest regions of Ireland are just as beautiful and fun to visit as the more popular tourist destinations.
All in all this was an amazing trip. This was an opportunity to share ideas and culture with people in Ireland and to form lasting friendships with the people that I traveled with. If you ever have the opportunity to go to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day...GO!
Thanks for inviting me to go.
Dr. Jan Jones