So, I had a pretty eventful weekend. On Friday night, me, Jessica, and our friends Jenna and Kaja went on a pub crawl up in Eyre Square. We started off at The Skeff Bar, visited three other bars, and ended the night at a club called Karma. We had a lot of fun meeting people from all over the world and managed to even make a couple new friends - like the pub crawl guide, Gretchen. After we recovered from the night before, we went out again on Saturday. We met up with Gretchen at Hole In The Wall Bar, and then went to a night club called Carbon. Jessica, Kaja and I were shocked at how differently Irish girls dress at night clubs compared to American girls. We eventually made it back to our dorm, where I introduced Jess to my famous grilled cheese sandwiches. All the Irish students moved in to the dorm complex yesterday, so there were a lot of house parties going on last night. Jessica and I have all girl roommates, but Kaja and Jenna have all boys roommates (which is still so weird to me). We hung out at their dorm last night, but made it early to bed because classes began this morning.

The way the beginning of the semester works in Ireland is that students have a two week trial period to figure out what classes they would like to take, and then registration is at the end of the two weeks. I made it to my first three classes this morning - barely. I feel like a Freshman in college again because I don't know where any of the buildings or classrooms are. However, Jess and I did find a Starbucks in the student center, which was a nice reminder of home. It just so happened to work out that I will only be taking classes on Mondays and Tuesdays, so I'm going to see if I can get involved with volunteering or clubs to fill out the rest of my week.

Tonight is apparently a big night to go out for students, so Jessica and I are ordering Chinese food for delivery and getting ready to go out tonight!

Our first homemade dinner - pasta with tomatoes, eggplant, and chicken cutlets.

TK Maxx - not TJ Maxx?

My first Guinness!

Don't know if I've ever been so happy to see a Starbucks...

"But it's also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes." - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel