I arrived in Dublin at about 7:00 a.m. and had the coolest taxi driver ever! He was a little old Irish man. He had a decoration hanging on his rearview mirror that said, "Grandpa's Car...0 to 60 in 1 hour!" Which was really cute... and really misleading. He did not feel the need to watch the road while he drove and gave Josh, a fellow IES student, and me the best, first, fast, tour of Ireland ever received. When he got us to my house he got out of the car and got my luggage out and gave me a peck on the cheek.
Then I met my roommates; Hannah Libby, Melanie Breault, and Claire Hendrix. The four of us are such a fun mix it is going to be an amazing semester! We spent our first day avoiding sleep in the most Irish way possible, by going to pubs. Claire became our tour guide because she had spent the week prior wandering around and discovering the place. We were at out first pub by 4 p.m. We went to 4 different pubs on our first day. One of those was where we went for our first group IES event.
The next two days were a very broad orientation to Dublin. I have been here a little less than a week and already days are starting to run together! I have done so many things and everything is so new. I have been to Trinity campus, which is beautiful. I have been to the Garda, Irish police, Station and spent hours registering. I have planned trips to London, Galway, Paris, Rome and Barcelona!
This semester is going to be unreal!
Glad you're having lots of fun! Miss you! :D
ReplyDeleteWho is Josh? and where was Andrew?! I miss you and love you LOTS!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to read all is off to a great start!!! So what was your favorite beverage of choice during that initial pub crawl? Very different and varied flavors over there ;-)
ReplyDeleteAunt Debbie
I'm so excited for you! Studying abroad is the best experience EVER. you're going to have so many memories of this far away place to treasure forever.
ReplyDeleteMy one word of advice, be a local. Everywhere.
Let me know how long you'll be in Barcelona! I can suggest great restaurants and the must sees!
Josh is a boy from the IES General studies group that was assigned to the same taxi as me. He is a very nice boy from South Carolina that is probably going to president some day :)
ReplyDeleteI really haven't had that much to drink but I have decided as far as beer goes I like Bulmers which is a Cider so it's a girly beer I know but really beer is :P
As soon as I know how long I will be in Barcelona I will let you know but as of right now we still don't have tickets :( they are all so expensive we are hoping for a deal!