Here's to the wonderful weather in Ireland

My first weekend has past and I'm having a hard time going into the lab tomorrow! It has been wonderful just hanging out with friends for the past 2 days...

Yesterday we headed back into Dublin for some more touristy things. David, one of the Irish guys in our program, met us in the city and gave us a bit of a tour. We first went to Trinity College, a gorgeous looking college that looks and is 100s of years old! The college is unbelievable and I kept on telling David how I couldn't believe he actually went to school there. Some pictures:



This next picture looks like a bunch of grass, which it is. David said that you can't lay on the grass. If you do, the security guard will come around and yell at you to get off the grass with a megaphone! There is also a park that we were hanging out at where the guards told us to get off the grass... madness. This is also a game of cricket being played. I have no idea what was going on :)




There was also a mind game that measured the amount of brain waves. You could either relax or think really hard. I failed miserably. I couldn't relax at all. Here is a picture of James and Luke giving it a try:



Trinity also had a science interactive center. One spot measured the speed of your football kick. I made it onto the women's high leaders board with 72 kph :) This is a picture of Olivier (Laetitia's friend from France):



We then went to a street performer festival happening in Dublin. It was a typical street festival with performances and food, but was very enjoyable. After this we headed to a local restaurant and I had some Irish stew! It was excellent, and I kinda want to learn how to make some.

That night we had pre drinks at my apartment and then headed to a night club on the outskirts of Dublin City that Stephen (another one of the Irish students) knew about. It was great, except for the drinks were sooo expensive! Can only do that every once in a while. But I had a wonderful time with some great people.

Today the weather was GORGEOUS. I had on shorts and a blouse and was still warm. Sooo we headed to the beach! It was different from the beach at home, the sand was not soft at all but the water wasn't as cold as I expected. We lounged, played some soccer and walked out on the pier. James took tons of photos (like tons... every time we were waiting for someone it was him because he was taking a picture)! I hope I got a tan started because they say this kind of weather won't last long.

Soccer (or football) on the beach:



A beautiful view from the pier:


Stephen and James (with his camera of course):


A start to a great summer!!


Lovin' it here, and making great friends. More to come, I miss everyone back home (and I miss being able to watch TV shows! They won't let me watch ABC or anything on my computer because I'm not in America :()

<3 Breeze