"I went to IRELAND during the spring vacation and stayed for 1 month. I was very anxious about the flight because it was the first time to get on the plane by myself and I had to change the planes twice. As I had expected, I missed the plane because the second plane was late arriving at the airport. I couldn't arrive at Dublin airport on time so I had to hire a taxi by myself. Now I can't believe what I could do at that time. And I had a more anxious thing. It was about the host family. I didn't have information about my host family besides their names. My host family were Claire and her daughter, Emma. They were busy so I didn't have time to talk with them very much. I was very surprised that there were a lot of students besides me in Claire's house, at first two Chinese boys and two Italian girls, secondly a German boy and three Italian girls, thirdly an Italian girl and a German girl, finally a Korean boy stayed. Sometimes I was confused but it was very good! I knew a lot of people by staying together.

Some pictures from Takako's stay:

Monument to Daniel O'Connell, leading campaigner for Irish independence from Britain.

Takako outside the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dublin. See inside the cathedral.