Failte,
I am a Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four Hogwarts houses; valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. I have always received Ravenclaw as my house in other quizzes, but it never felt right. Now that I am in Hufflepuff, it feels right. You know that little feeling deep inside your chest that feels tight and warm? That's how I feel. I know this is a very geeky way to begin this weeks blog post, but I couldn't resist. Harry Potter's world is one rooted in fantasy, but for me, knowing I am a Hufflepuff and feeling connected to the other Hufflepuffs in the Stirling Wizarding Society; it makes me feel like I have a family here. This week was GIAG (Give it a Go), where you could try any club/society and decide if you wanted to join. I went to the Wizarding Society, the Disney Appreciation Society, and the International Society. I plan to join the first and the last. It makes me sad that I'll only be here for one semester, but I figured joining a few societies would be good for me, especially since I tend to be a shy, lonely girl. It will be good for me to get out into the vast realm of students aside from the few friends I have made so far.
I visited Stirling Castle with fellow Susquehanna University student Sarah Dorko last Saturday. It was fantastic and eerie. I have always had a love for historical places, a love first discovered when I visited Boston a few years ago. The amount of history packed into one city was unbelievable, and here that feeling is a hundredfold. That is one of the reasons why I wanted to visit Europe during my time abroad. America is my home country but it is a young one. Europe has seen many more centuries of civilization than America has. Even if there have been Native Americans in America for hundreds of years, they are a people more connected to the earth, so the history they have left behind is more natural, connected to the land. Here, there are places like castles and Brochs and ruined abbeys from hundreds of years ago. It makes me shudder, having visited Stirling Castle and seen where people used to live and walk and eat and sleep. I am most excited to see more places like Stirling Castle when I travel around Scotland, to places like Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Isle of Skye. I want to touch history. I want to stand where people stood in the earlier centuries. I want to breathe the same air, feel the same rain on my cheeks. I want to feel connected to the history of this place and each person that has experienced it already. I want to hear the same waves they heard, and touch my toes to the same ground. It is overwhelming, the amount of history Scotland holds in its arms. I wish I could see it all...
Beannachd leibh
I am a Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four Hogwarts houses; valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. I have always received Ravenclaw as my house in other quizzes, but it never felt right. Now that I am in Hufflepuff, it feels right. You know that little feeling deep inside your chest that feels tight and warm? That's how I feel. I know this is a very geeky way to begin this weeks blog post, but I couldn't resist. Harry Potter's world is one rooted in fantasy, but for me, knowing I am a Hufflepuff and feeling connected to the other Hufflepuffs in the Stirling Wizarding Society; it makes me feel like I have a family here. This week was GIAG (Give it a Go), where you could try any club/society and decide if you wanted to join. I went to the Wizarding Society, the Disney Appreciation Society, and the International Society. I plan to join the first and the last. It makes me sad that I'll only be here for one semester, but I figured joining a few societies would be good for me, especially since I tend to be a shy, lonely girl. It will be good for me to get out into the vast realm of students aside from the few friends I have made so far.
I visited Stirling Castle with fellow Susquehanna University student Sarah Dorko last Saturday. It was fantastic and eerie. I have always had a love for historical places, a love first discovered when I visited Boston a few years ago. The amount of history packed into one city was unbelievable, and here that feeling is a hundredfold. That is one of the reasons why I wanted to visit Europe during my time abroad. America is my home country but it is a young one. Europe has seen many more centuries of civilization than America has. Even if there have been Native Americans in America for hundreds of years, they are a people more connected to the earth, so the history they have left behind is more natural, connected to the land. Here, there are places like castles and Brochs and ruined abbeys from hundreds of years ago. It makes me shudder, having visited Stirling Castle and seen where people used to live and walk and eat and sleep. I am most excited to see more places like Stirling Castle when I travel around Scotland, to places like Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Isle of Skye. I want to touch history. I want to stand where people stood in the earlier centuries. I want to breathe the same air, feel the same rain on my cheeks. I want to feel connected to the history of this place and each person that has experienced it already. I want to hear the same waves they heard, and touch my toes to the same ground. It is overwhelming, the amount of history Scotland holds in its arms. I wish I could see it all...
Beannachd leibh