Olivet College ILT Trips

09/11/2019

28/05/2019

We're very excited to announce a 2020 ILT trip to Ireland, April 30-May 11 2020!

Here's a brief itinerary (subject to some changes as we firm up plans):

4/30: depart Detroit
5/1: Arrive Dublin, bus tour of city
5/2: Trinity College, Book of Kells, St. Patrick's, and hanging out with local musicians in the evening
5/3: Kilmainham Gaol, Newgrange/Knowth
5/4: Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains; overnight in Waterford
5/5: Rock of Cashel; overnight in Killarney
5/6: Ring of Kerry or Di**le Peninsula
5/7: Cliff of Moher; overnight in Galway
5/8: Galway
5/9: Aran Islands and Dun Aonghusa
5/10: Burren, Ailwee Cave, and back to Dublin
5/11: depart Dublin for Detroit

The trip is affiliated with ENG 251: Travel Writing. For more information, contact Kirk Hendershott-Kraetzer ([email protected]) or post up in the comments below.

07/03/2017

You'll never look at socks the same way again.

05/05/2016

Travelers exploring Shiloh, along with some Mississippian-era mounds on the battlefield.

03/05/2016

Travelers exploring a city of the dead.

03/05/2016

Travelers on the lower Mississippi, 1,106 miles from Olivet.

02/05/2016

Travelers mowing on their first Cajun/Creole meal: many crawdads and oysters gave their all in a good cause.

01/05/2016

Serenaded by Mockingbirds while picnicking on the way to Whitney Plantation.

30/04/2016

Students are being shy about ordering sides. The server says, in a deep Mississippi accent, "Y'all got to EAT."

30/04/2016

The balcony where Martin Luther King was standing when he was assassinated and the boarding house where James Earl Ray was staying.

30/04/2016

Torrential rains and high winds in Memphis, but Tom's Barbecue just afterwards, so the dampness is worth it.

29/04/2016

ILT travelers loving on the Mississippi.

28/04/2016

Perfect day for ILTing: headed to Cahokia Mounds with Travel Writing/Slavery to Civil Rights.

27/04/2016

Sleepies waiting for their ride to start their ILT.

26/10/2015

ILT 2016: English and Soc/Anth are co-offering an exploration of the medieval pilgrim trails in England, France, Spain and Portugal. Contact Kirk Hendershott-Kraetzer ([email protected]) or Cea Noyes ([email protected]) for more information.

26/05/2015

Vatican, can you believe mcdonalds in Rome, inside Coleaseum and outside, place where Julius Caesar was burned, some buildings of ancient Rome

12/05/2015

11/05/2015

First day in Assissi.

09/05/2015

Last night in Florence, Assissi tomorrow!

09/05/2015

Florence!

04/05/2015

Patiently waiting for plane to Italy.

27/12/2014

Black Sand Beach in Iceland

27/12/2014

25/05/2014

OC travel writers at the heart of medieval Galway, Ireland.

16/05/2014

Travel writers, considering sheep amid the ruins at Glendalough Monastery, Wicklow, Ireland.

12/05/2014

No mans land

10/05/2014

Alumni gather with students on ILT trip!

07/05/2014

Travel Writing ILT: views from and of Dun Aonghasa, an Iron Age ringfort on Inís Mor, one of the Aran Islands. If you look closely, the wee specks on the cliff edge are my students giving me a heart attack.

06/05/2014

Hofoi House: where Reagan and Gorbatroff met in the 80's.

06/05/2014

Whalewatching

06/05/2014

Iceland is so amazing!

06/05/2014

The best icecream in Reykjavik!