Dia Duit- Hello from Dublin

After arriving Monday morning and meeting UCD orientation staff that escorted us on a bus from the airport and through the housing registration process, I am now in my dorm and settled in. I went on a shopping tour this morning with a group, and bought all my extra necessities I didn't pack- linen, towels, shampoo, and kitchen stuff. My dorm room is really nice. The building seems new and I have my own small bathroom, as well as a bed, desk, the usual. Campus seemed pretty big at first, especially with the bad weather, but now that I'm getting used to it, it's definitely smaller than Rutgers!
This week has been the orientation for international students and freshman, and they've had great activities so far. Yesterday they had coffee, tea and sandwiches being served in the lounge, and this afternoon they had Xbox Kinnect up on a giant tv for people to play. I also have a ticket to go to Ikea on Thursday. As of last night no roommates had appeared (there will be six of us total) but I hear a few now. I think I'm also meeting my shopping buddies for dinner or drinks tonight as well. Not surprisingly, most of the people I've befriended are also seniors, and seem quite different from the 17 year old Irish freshman that are also here...

Here are my photos of the day. The first is a beautiful rainbow I saw while it was heavily drizzling out, and the second is my wonderful lunch. I had friend garlic mushrooms (right), fried goat cheese salad (middle), and assorted veggies, with mashed potatoes on top (left).

Well, beannacht do anois, goodbye for now! I'll try to post again tomorrow. For now it's dinnertime!