Well I arrived alive in the land of the green, but not without a "crappy" trip (LITERALLY!) There was smooth sailing all through Pittsburgh, even security, and our connecting flight to Newark was good. It all went down hill when we boarded the plane to DUB; my roommate got pushed out of the way by an elder man itching to go to the bathroom. I have absolutely no idea what happened there- nor do I want to know what went down- but it wasn't pretty. Whatever happened to that poor man and his stomach and the bathroom left the plane in a green/brown gas bubble for two full hours while maintenance people ran up and down the isles. Its ok though, luckily I had a blanket to cover up my nose.
Upon our arrival, we came directly to our house, it's just absolutely amazing. We live on Ailesbury Road which is also known as Embassy Row- every single house is just breathtaking. Our cab driver told us one night that it is the equivalent of a Beverly Hills (I feel right at home!!!).
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| Our house-- St. Michael's College 1 Ailesbury Rd |
We had a delicious dinner at an all organic restaurant, FARM, which made me think that the Irish food isn't too bad. I had a couscous plate with all fresh vegetables- no potatoes just yet! The farm house surprise desert though was the best. It was a huge sundae with the freshest homemade ice cream filled chocolate bits and meringue- YUM! 
Monday was a new day and we were ready to take on Dublin... well minus all the jet lag. We had a morning full of house orientation, followed by the best nap, and finally finished it off at the Guinness Storehouse. The Storehouse took us through all of the different ingredients in each pint of Guinness as well as what happens at each step. It was still overwhelming and a huge tourist spot, so we took it easy cruising through the factory.
Next stop: pouring the perfect pint of Guinness. Yes, everyone, I did thee perfect pint (well atleast I'd say so). I even got a certificate to prove it all! We didn't drink out pint right away, but took it directly upstairs to the sky bar- which is a lookout of the whole city at the top of the factory while enjoying only the finest Guinness in the world. I'd say this is the good life!
TIME FOR SCHOOL! hahaha just kidding! We went through a couple days of orientation thus far, but ya know it's all the same stuff (and quite boring..). I met loads of other international students, primarily from the states, which isn't all that exciting but still fun. Campus is about 25,000 students-- so think of Penn State and the Quinn School of Business is one of the top in the world!
Irish students only go out Monday-Thursday and go home on the weekends, so lets hope that doesn't affect my studying!
Today we ventured in to town just to figure out where everything is in relation to each other. We went up Grafton St., through St. Stephen's Greens, down Camden St., Trinity College and such. It was a wonderful day! Enjoy
When we finally arrived to the fourth floor, the release of a new exhibit was just opening so we dropped on in. I completely felt like I was walking in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory; there were crazy lights and mirrors and when we got to the room, there were fumes coming out of these large cylinders in the ground. The exhibit was simply to smell each ingredient of Guinness and correctly guess them--- I only got one right, it was roasted barley but smelled like chocolate (of course). Then we got a small glass of Guinness in which we were instructed to move to the next room where the colleague taught us how to properly drink and enjoy a Guinness: raise your arm up to your mouth, take a deep inhale, a grand gulp from the stout, swish, swallow, exhale, smile and enjoy! Sláinte!
Next stop: pouring the perfect pint of Guinness. Yes, everyone, I did thee perfect pint (well atleast I'd say so). I even got a certificate to prove it all! We didn't drink out pint right away, but took it directly upstairs to the sky bar- which is a lookout of the whole city at the top of the factory while enjoying only the finest Guinness in the world. I'd say this is the good life!
TIME FOR SCHOOL! hahaha just kidding! We went through a couple days of orientation thus far, but ya know it's all the same stuff (and quite boring..). I met loads of other international students, primarily from the states, which isn't all that exciting but still fun. Campus is about 25,000 students-- so think of Penn State and the Quinn School of Business is one of the top in the world!
Irish students only go out Monday-Thursday and go home on the weekends, so lets hope that doesn't affect my studying!
Today we ventured in to town just to figure out where everything is in relation to each other. We went up Grafton St., through St. Stephen's Greens, down Camden St., Trinity College and such. It was a wonderful day! Enjoy
Well I am off to Cork tomorrow morning-- going to kiss the Blarney Stone!
Cheers,
Ky xx
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