Sunday, September 2018. I was in my worst feelings. It had been a stressful past couple of weeks. Adjusting to a new environment. Adjusting to the weather. Re-adjusting to a learning environment. Orientation week was quite overwhelming and so was the first week of classes. I felt so un-ready for this chapter of my life….
Category: Culture shock
Adjusting to Living Abroad
Chances are that even if you have been abroad before for vacation, study abroad will probably be your first time moving abroad. Moving abroad is a big change and can be very stressful, but there are a few things you can do to make the process easier on yourself after you arrive. Take care of…
Looking back
After 4 very short months, the day has come. My last day at UL. Exams are done, my suitcase packed, my room cleaned and the goodbyes said. Tomorrow I will be leaving to Dublin from where I’ll be flying back. Home for Christmas. People keep asking me if I am excited to go back home…
We all know where we come from – but where does the person next to us come from?
Do you know the feeling when it is the first week, you don’t know anybody at the Erasmus events and you try to watch out for…? Yes, you try to watch out for people from your own country. This problem occurred a lot during my semester abroad experience: in the first weeks most of the…
From Ethiopia to Ireland
Elias traveled from Ethiopia to the Irish World Academy of music and dance to study for a semester through the Erasmus Plus International Credit Mobility Programme, here he reflects on his time in Limerick. I arrived at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, in September 2017. After months of preparation…
Challenges when Studying Overseas for the First time ….
Onyekachi Anyalechi is from Nigeria and is currently completing a Masters in Arts at the University of Limerick. Onyekachi wanted to share some of the difficulties that he experienced when first leaving home and coming to Ireland. He also shares some advise on how to settle into life at UL. Hello there! In this blog…
From Indonesia to Ireland: Why Limerick is Full of Surprises
Afriana is an Indonesian Student under the Lotus+ Programme studying Management Sciences and Business Studies at University of Limerick for 6 months. The Beginning… Gazing out of the airplane window, I was thinking of the endless questions that almost every international student has. Have I made the right decision? What is the place like? Will I make…
5 Things I Miss About America…And 5 Things I Don’t
University of Limerick Student Ambassador, Angie, lists the 5 things she misses about home and the 5 she doesn’t. I am very happy that I am back in Ireland to do a postgrad. I’ve lived in three different countries in my life and one thing I learnt from those experiences is that no country is perfect. It’s…
“I’m in Limerick, now what?”: 5 Stages of Adjusting to Life in Ireland
Lindsay Robinson is a Study Abroad student at the University of Limerick, from Colorado USA. Here, she discusses the various stages of adjusting to life in Ireland, and offers her advice to incoming students starting their study abroad adventure. Dear study abroad students… …if you are in the same boat I am (in a very…
28 Irish Slang Words You Need to Know
Jenna Steadman is a Study Abroad student at the University of Limerick. She is from Ontario, Canada, and is majoring in Psychology and Music. Here, she gives a run down of all the Irish phrases she’s learned in her first few weeks at UL. Can’t seem to wrap your head around the crazy Irish lingo? For a…
Reverse culture shock – the journey home from UL by Michelle Lee, UL International Student Ambassador
Whether we want to admit it or not, the end of the school year is here. For me, I have a month long trip planned back home in Massachusetts to look forward to and then I’ll be locking myself away in the UL library writing a dissertation. I know others won’t be as lucky to…
Study Ireland - Stories & Guides from International Students 