We have made it to the end of the earth. Or so it seems. Our travels took us from New York to Dublin, then Dublin to Glasgow, where we stayed overnight at the University of Glasgow so we could make our connections the following (Saturday) morning. Bright and early Saturday, we took the train from Glasgow to Oban, a ferry from Oban to Mull, a bus across the island of Mull, and finally the ferry to Iona. Saturday's travels alone took over six hours, but now we are here. The weather started cloudy and damp but today is glorious sunshine, perfect for puffin watching, which is this afternoon's activity. I hope it stays like this through tomorrow, when me make our pilgrimage around the island...

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Isle of Iona Study Abroad--Travel Day

Welcome to the Isle of Iona study abroad blog! I'm Dr. Christina Carlson from the English department, and I am absolutely delighted to be taking three of our best and brightest students--Charlotte Ference, Michelle Muzzio and Kaylynn Murchison--to a tiny island off the northwest coast of Scotland to walk in the footsteps of St. Columba, founder of the first Iona (a small monastic community on the island) and inspiration to the Christian Brothers who founded our college almost 1500 years later. We will be staying at the Iona Community, which is located in the renovated monastic buildings, and it is my hope that through this experience, the students will come to understand and appreciate the connection between the medieval monastery and modern college, as both are, at their core, communities of faith and learning.

Today is our travel day--I will be meeting the students in a few hours at JFK and our adventure will begin. I hope you will follow us on our pilgrimage across the sea and back in time...

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Highlights from London 2012

The Iona College London study abroad trip wasted no time once they landed! On day 1 they toured Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. 

The tower is being renamed to the Elizabeth Tower in honor of her 60 years of dedicated service to England. And an interesting fact about Big Ben is that only the bell inside the tower is named "Big Ben". It is a known misconception is that the entire tower is called Big Ben.

 The group visited the London Bridge, the London Tower, and the Globe Theater on their second day! (above and right)

On the third day, Jackie Shurman, Kristen Ferencz, Melissa Nowacki, Theresa Quinn, Jessican Marino, Andrew Tenenzapf, and Alexandra Walsh took a Shakespeare and Dickens walking tour, visited Westminster Abbey, and St. Paul's Church!

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Oxford, England 2012

Jenn Kearns, Cassi Moniodes, Katie Murphy and Anjili Jani at Christ Church College in Oxford. 

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Barcelona 2012.

 Check out this unretouched postcard.It looks like Barcelona and Iona are a great match.

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Barcelona photos.

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 Barcelona: Jennifer Kretschmer, Anjelica Varuzza and Michelle Costa at Park Guell.

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