Murray State connections in Ireland

We have arrived in Ireland!  We landed in Dublin at 7:15 am and met up with MSU alumna, Kelley Maxham.  Kelley and I took a "teaching history" class with Dr. Duane Bolin in the fall of '05.  She is now a doctoral student at University College Dublin.  When she learned via Facebook that my husband, Michael Belcher, and I were planning on spending our first week here in a hostel, she graciously offered us a room in her apartment for as long as it takes for us to find a place of our own.  Hopefully our apartment hunt won't take too long, but it's wonderful to know that regardless of what we find, we have a place to stay and a good friend to keep us company.