Erasmus and Family Dinner

Update since my last blog...which is difficult because my internet goes in and out every couple of hours.

Classes so far seem great. One in particular, called "The Narrative Art" is about Irish folklore. All we did this week was listen to our professor tell us stories. I hope I'm not jinxing myself, but I may have hit the jackpot with this one.

In other news, here at UCD, there is an international students society (just like most other schools) called the Erasmus Student Network. They host events on and off-campus so that we can all meet each other and talk about how sad we get when we miss our professors' jokes on account of their heavy accents and rapid rate of speech. Anyway, on Wednesday night (which is apparently the Irish equivalent of "Thirsty Thursday" back home), they held an event at a nice(ish) but kinda lame(ish) club called Dicey's. It wasn't bad. We got a private bus to go there, and a private room to check our coats...other than that there wasn't anything special about this event...haha.

The night was okay(ish). The place had this outdoor space in the middle of it called "The Garden", which was kind of like a courtyard I guess, where there were two bars, a dance floor, and plenty of room to smoke (Irish people smoke A LOT). Unfortunately, after passing the majority of the evening in this section, I came home STINKING. I know. Even outside, the sheer quantity of cigarette odor found its way into my freshly washed hair and clothes. Yucky.

Anyway, on Thursday I only had two classes, so I was able to get all my work done during the day. It was AMAZING. I wish I could live like that back at Penn (where working until 1am is early, 12am is nice, and 11pm is UNHEARD OF). Thursday evening was fabulous. My roommates and I had another family dinner. I brought America to dinner...we made Juicy Lucys. For those who have not heard of this DELICIOUS invention, it's simply a hamburger with cheese stuffed in the middle, so that it oozes out when you bite into it (and makes you look exceedingly unattractive). We, of course, also had to add cheese on top of them. But only to glue down the fried onions and mushrooms. Priorities matter.

Oh no this is becoming a food blog again. Sorry.

Stay tuned, I'll (hopefully) be adding in my weekend adventures on Sunday night!