Hello from Ireland!

So I'm finally in Ireland!!! I arrived in Dublin a little after 7 a.m. local time and got to my hotel around 9 a.m. Luckily my room was ready for me to check in so I got to take a little nap until around 11, then I showered and around that time my roommate arrived. We chatted a bit then we had a meeting with the whole class at 1 where we got our cell phones and bus cards. After the meeting our professor, who has been here since Monday, took us all down to the shops and stuff nearby. His plot was to take us far away and keep us awake until a normal-ish sleeping time. So we all kind of split off into groups and did whatever for a couple hours. I just hung out with a few other girls at the park that was our meeting spot. It is called St. Stephen's Greens and is very pretty. The weather today has been wonderful. Sunny and clear skies! I was actually hot a few times and wished I had worn shorts. After that we all met back up at around 5 and went and had dinner as a group. It's fun getting to know the other girls more even just in this first day. I didn't get a chance to get to know most of them in the meetings. Anyway now it is about 7:45 and I am surprising not very tired but I think I'm going to be going to sleep pretty soon.

Tomorrow we are headed out to the UCD for orientation and a campus tour so I'll let you know how that goes.

Nighty Night!!



view from our window in the Ariel House