On Friday, May 29th, after making the 30-minute trek from Corrymeela to downtown Ballycastle, we made our first voyage using Northern Ireland’s location public transportation system TransLink. After Jessica purchased 17 tickets we took our seats on the...
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Northern Ireland Introduction
May 28 2024
The Northern Ireland SSTers left the U.S. on Sunday morning, May 26 and arrived safely at Corrymeela yesterday. This involved successfully coordinating connections between travelers converging from three different locations, so we congratulate them. They were last seen enjoying the coastal beauty of their setting.
The seven students who left from Goshen are pictured below, along with SST leaders Jessica Baldanzi and Kyle Schlabach and family. Stay tuned for coming blog posts!
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