Dublin, Ireland – Day 2
The difference between Northern Ireland and Dublin has been striking. For me, it began with the weather. In Belfast and Donegal, I battled rain and chill; in Dublin, the sun has been shining, and the air feels almost warm. But the greater contrast is in atmosphere. Belfast and Dublin are both capitals, but their scale gives them quite different personalities. Belfast, with about 345,000…
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Since leaving home for Europe alone at age seventeen, Karen Gershowitz has traveled to more than ninety countries.
In pursuit of her passion for travel, she lost and gained friends and lovers and made a radical career change. She learned courage and risk taking and succeeded at things she didn’t think she could do: She climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She visited remote areas of Indonesia on her own and became a translator, though only fluent in English.
Karen is the author of Travel Mania: Stories of Wanderlust. Her example will inspire armchair travelers to become explorers and embolden everyone to be more courageous.
Karen lives in New York City.
