Study Abroad in Ireland - Arlyn

Yesterday we went to the Guinness Storehouse and toured all around. We  collectively went thought and learned all kinds of things about Guinness. One of the things I find most interesting is that Arthur Guinness signed a lease for the building in 1759 for 9,000 years. I find that to be one of the craziest things I learned while at the Guinness Storehouse. I also learned that Guinness only has four ingredients: barely, water, hops, and roasted malt extract. We also learned how to pour the perfect int of Guinness which I found most interesting! It is actually a very simple process, but I am going to keep it a secret for my blog viewers who might want to experience it for themselves one day! Another fun thing we did was go to the 360 Gravity Bar on top of the Guinness Storehouse which has 360 degree views of Dublin

According to  2016 KOF Index of Globalization, Ireland is the 2nd most globalized country in the world and on of the big reasons for this is because of Ireland's location. Ireland's locations makes it easy for a global company to do business because they can do business with Europe thought out the day, while being able to do business with Asia in the morning, and they have the ability to work with the United States in the afternoon. Another reason Ireland is so globalized is because of the language they speak. While Gaelic is the original language of Ireland the majority of the in Ireland speak English. This means that the majority of Ireland speaks one of the most spoken languages in the world which makes Ireland a more desirable place to visit and to do business in. Participating in FDI is very hard in general, but doing it in a country that speaks the same language as you is more enticing. Source:  https://cvdl.ben.edu/blog/ireland-globalization/

One of the most common stereotypes for American's is that everyone is over weight. I have heard this many times and from many different people. Most people will attribute the weight of American's to the portion sizes we have. A good example is from the discussion we had about the movie we watched Philomena. During the movie after she found out her son was adopted by an American family that was one of Philomena's first concerns. After Philomena found out about an American family adopting her son she was very distressed about the possibility of her son being over weight or obese because of the portions sizes over here. I am not surprised that Philomena is uneasy because I have heard this stereotype many times before. I am very curious to see if the people in Ireland feel the same way about our portion sizes and this stereotype in general.