Trinity College

Monday afternoon I finally got to move into my room. I'm in Building 47 and my room is on the bottom floor. The rooms are actually much better and bigger then everyone let on. I have a bed, desk, drawers, table, chair, bookshelf, closet and my own bathroom with a shower. Also every floor has 4 rooms and one kitchen to share. Imagine a room slightly smaller then USC's freshmen dorms but for one person with a bathroom. And alot of my fellow classmates all live in the same building and the surrounding ones, so thats cool. Also on campus is The Pavilion, or as it is commonly referred to, The Pav. Its the on campus bar and serves the cheapest beer in Dublin and also has food thats cheap and good. Paninis are quite popular here.

After checking in we had orientation over at the bar across the street, Doyles. The program paid for two free pints and some food and we got to meet the professors and everyone else in the program. After that a bunch of us went out drinking and ended up in the Temple Bar district. Temple Bar is the touristy area and the bars and clubs cater to that. Its crowded and the bouncers are dicks. Two nights in a row two of our friends were denied entry or service due to being "drunk", despite not being actually that drunk or doing anything to warrant such an assessment.

Tuesday was our first day of classes. So even though I got drunk and was up until 1:30 the night before I had to be up and in class by 8:30am! Not the most brilliant of ideas but it was cool. All the classes are held in the same room in the Art Building. My first class is Comparative Civil Rights between the US, Ireland, Europe and Africa. The professor, Neville (he doesn't respond to professor or Doctor cause he thinks the person is making fun of him) is super cool and smart. The class is very entertaining and everyone in it is really smart. Then I have a break and my next class is at 12. That class is International Negotiations and is slightly boring, but I think it will be useful, since we are essentially learning how to negotiate, which is key for a lawyer of any type.

Also the program has extra activities planned for practically every day. Today, Wednesday, we got to visit the Irish Parliament and even got to see part of their session and tour the building. It was boring to say the least, although cool to see how their system works.

So far the weather here has been interesting! It will rain for like 5-10 mins and then the sun will come out and it gets super hot. Sometimes the sun and rain are out at the same time. Its quite annoying having to take on and off the rain jacket every 3 secs. Rachel (the director's Assistant) says that it is the worst weather they have had and hopefully it should get better.

I will try and take pictures soon and upload them.