UCD

This post will include Thursday, Friday, and Saturday since I didn't do very much.

Thursday

In the morning, I got to University College Dublin nice and early, and met up with some other study abroad students to wait for the campus tour that was scheduled at 10am.

But nobody ever came to take us on the tour =(

So we all had to wait an hour and a half to go to an orientation meeting. So from 11:30am-3:10pm, I attended various information sessions (which unfortunately didn't inform me of much more than what I had already received in e-mails before getting here).

Later on though, I met up with Momatron and Gigi again in the city center (I keep wanting to call it Center City...oh Philly!) and we went to the other famous theater, The Abbey Theater to see a play in the evening. "Arrah-na-Pogue" was (as its title sounds) very Irish, and was excellent! That is saying a lot because it was a romantic comedy...and you know how I feel about those. Anyway, unlike Hollywood's most embarrassing genre, this play was witty, with some playful jabs at Britain, and the scenery was very impressive. It made me feel very cultured.

Friday

After saying goodbye to mom & grandma, I came back to UCD to finally finish moving in. Once I did, I took a four hour nap (I wasn't lying when I said I haven't done much). I met almost all of my "flatmates" and they all seem friendly.

Saturday

I slept in, started my day off with the breakfast of champions (a banana with peanut butter, and Ramen noodles...though my roomie did put an egg in it, so it was totally a real meal), and went on my first grocery shopping expedition. I took the bus back into the city center, and actually spent a reasonable amount of money on food! Hurray for not starving =D