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For the purposes of creating record of my time spent in Ireland that is both coherent and legible, I have chosen to create a digital version of the journal I kept while I was in Dublin at Trinity College--from the time I left home on June 10th, 2007, until when I returned home on July 6th. The purpose of keeping this journal--both for the assignment and for my own benefit--was to provide a legitimate and meaningful record of my intellectual engagement with Ireland as mediated by our speakers from class, our texts, and my own personal experiences. Basically, the point is not only to document what I did in my time in Ireland, but also to provide a meaningful analysis of my experiences.
At the start of each entry, I have included the original date of which it was written. Unfortunately, any drawings from the original "text" have been omitted, but have been thoughtfully replaced by another suitable media (read: digital photos, videos, song lyrics, etc).