My second fall semester at Trinity College of Dublin in Ireland was full of new opportunities and great experiences. I got a lot more involved in the student societies and clubs offered at Trinity and joined the tennis team, boxing club, debate society, philosophical society, and the dance team. The best part of these was how they expanded my social circle and I met loads more people and made more connections that I never would have otherwise. Although the second year workload was significantly bigger I was still able to get away and do some traveling. I made it to Germany for Oktoberfest and camped on a little island off the coast of Ireland. Both were such invaluable and memorable cultural experiences. For my Christmas break I found a short term job in a ski resort in the French Alps and spent 8 weeks working part time and got in all the skiing I could. One of the best parts of this was when my roommates and I woke up early one morning and toured up one of the pistes at sunrise and skied back down before the lifts were open, meaning we had the entire mountain to ourselves! As a second year I had a lot more choice over the modules I could take for my degree. For example, I was able to take a course in the histories and futures of climate change which compliments my degree of Geography & Politics very well. Also picking up a French elective, I was finally able to work on my French skills again which I hadn’t used much since spending my gap year in Paris. Overall the start to my second year at Trinity was great and I am so looking forward to my next few!