The First Weekend: 1/14/06, 1/15/06
Saturday afternoon we had our first meeting as a group (47 total), and took a tour of DCU. The school is much bigger than I thought it would be, with every imaginable club, sport, and society. They have a brand new library and performing arts complex, called The Helix.
After the tour, we went to dinner. Me, Karen, 2 of my roommates, and Lisa walked back to the OMNI shopping center, and followed the masses into Eddie Rockets (I kid you not). 50s style diner, burgers, fries, milkshakes, jukebox, counter service......un.real.
Saturday night, I met Lauren, who is one of my friend's roommates back at BU. We took the bus into the city center for the first time, and went into the Temple Bar district....which is like Times Square, Landsdowne Street, and any city's main shopping drag (Newbury in Boston, Michigan Ave in Chicago etc. etc.), all rolled into one, in the sense that it's bright even at night, and every door is a pub or a store, open pretty much all hours.
We ducked into the Temple Bar, which is at the center of it all, had a few drinks, and headed back out to...well it didn't matter. We passed these awesome street performers, and went into another place, Eamonn Doran's, which also has 3 locations in New York.
They had great music, and Foster's....which I didn't find very Australian. We caught a cab back to Santry (which is our suburb, I guess you could say), and that was that.
Sunday, we went back downtown with the entire group to become familiar with the streets (thinly disguised as a scavenger hunt). We started at the Irish Writers Museum, then hit the Garden of Remembrance (for those who gave their lives for Irish freedom), and O'Connell Street (THE main street). Dublin is split north/south by the River Liffey, so every few blocks is a bridge.
We went to Trinity College, where there just happened to be a rainbow over head, and saw the Spire, which represents the modernization, grabbed lunch (which was finally authentic! Finally!), and headed back to Santry.
Classes start tomorrow.
Impressions after 3 days: The population is very young, but everyone appreciates the history of the city. J-Walking doesn't exist. Locals love talking to Steve.
After the tour, we went to dinner. Me, Karen, 2 of my roommates, and Lisa walked back to the OMNI shopping center, and followed the masses into Eddie Rockets (I kid you not). 50s style diner, burgers, fries, milkshakes, jukebox, counter service......un.real.
Saturday night, I met Lauren, who is one of my friend's roommates back at BU. We took the bus into the city center for the first time, and went into the Temple Bar district....which is like Times Square, Landsdowne Street, and any city's main shopping drag (Newbury in Boston, Michigan Ave in Chicago etc. etc.), all rolled into one, in the sense that it's bright even at night, and every door is a pub or a store, open pretty much all hours.We ducked into the Temple Bar, which is at the center of it all, had a few drinks, and headed back out to...well it didn't matter. We passed these awesome street performers, and went into another place, Eamonn Doran's, which also has 3 locations in New York.
They had great music, and Foster's....which I didn't find very Australian. We caught a cab back to Santry (which is our suburb, I guess you could say), and that was that.
Sunday, we went back downtown with the entire group to become familiar with the streets (thinly disguised as a scavenger hunt). We started at the Irish Writers Museum, then hit the Garden of Remembrance (for those who gave their lives for Irish freedom), and O'Connell Street (THE main street). Dublin is split north/south by the River Liffey, so every few blocks is a bridge.
We went to Trinity College, where there just happened to be a rainbow over head, and saw the Spire, which represents the modernization, grabbed lunch (which was finally authentic! Finally!), and headed back to Santry. Classes start tomorrow.
Impressions after 3 days: The population is very young, but everyone appreciates the history of the city. J-Walking doesn't exist. Locals love talking to Steve.
posted by Evan at 9:42 PM
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keep up the wit.
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