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

1 Day to Go!

Yay! I leave for Dublin on Wednesday but my travels will begin tomorrow. My parents and I are driving up to Memphis tomorrow night because my flight leaves early Wednesday. I am all packed and ready to go! I am really excited. I don't really have my weekend trips planned out but I think we are just going to wing it.

Next time I write it will be from IRELAND!!

Kelsey

My Apartment

So we got our apartment assignments and I'm really excited. I'll be living in a 6 person apartment - we each have our own bedroom and bathroom. I know of 4 of the other 5 people I will be living with and we think it will be a lot of fun.

This is the link to see some pictures!
http://www.ucd.ie/residences/residences/roebuckhallresidence/

34 days and counting......

Hello!

Hey everyone. I'm obviously not in Ireland yet, but I am going ahead and setting this up before hand. I leave for Dublin May 27 and I'm really excited! We had our pre-departure orientation yesterday afternoon and they suggested keeping a journal or blog and I thought it was a good idea. For those of you who don't know all the details, I am going to be taking part in a faculty-led maymester abroad this June in Dublin. We will be studying Pro-Social Public Relations. I am really excited to get to do this before I graduate in December. I hope you will enjoy reading about my adventures (while we will be based in Dublin, we get a lot of travel time on the weekends) and if any of you have been to Ireland, hit me up with ideas on what to do/see!

35 days and counting.....

Kelsey