More about Ireland

Hi again-

As I have about fifteen minutes before heading over to my Social Psychology class, I thought I'd post a bit more about things I've done since being in Ireland.

After the first night of staying in, we all went out Thursday and Friday nights. The group of kids I've been hanging out with are from BC, Swarthmore, a French university, Scranton and some other PA colleges. There are six of us from BC: Molly Ceglarski, Tara Hynoski, Meaghan DeGuisto, Jim Gordon, Andrew Sanders and me. We all get along really well, and since none of us were good friends at school, it's interesting to get to know each other here.

Thursday night we headed into the city early, and since none of the Irish students were back from holiday, everyone was either American or in high school... We went to King's Head, which is quickly becoming our favorite place, and watched a fabulous live band play covers from the Killers and Gorillaz, among other things. Then we went to a few more pubs before locating a fast food place called Supermac's, which is open all night and seems to be cheap and delicious. (However, it doesn't even come close to Mighty.)

Friday night we hung out longer in the rooms before heading out, since it was rainy and cold, and this time brought along a kid who was here last semester as well. He guided us to some new pubs, which were pretty fun, including one that has three levels.

Going backwards, Friday during the day was Orientation for all visiting students which meant sitting in a lecture hall from 9-4 hearing presentations from faculty, staff and anyone else they could find. Although it was long, most of the presenters were welcoming and funny, and the information they gave us was incredibly useful.

Other than that, I've just been getting used to all the walking, going out a lot, meeting a ton of new kids and getting adjusted to the campus. It's sort of like being a freshman again, you feel a little out of place, but everyone is so excited to become friends.

Well, I'm off to class and I have six classes to try out tomorrow, so I'll post again hopefully on Thursday.

<3 Caroline