I'm here!

I'm in Dublin! It's a beautiful city from what I have seen so far. The overnight plane ride was rough because on top of losing five hours I could not get comfortable enough to get some good sleep. The bus ride from the airport to our hotel was about half and hour long through the city and it was a neat first look. Some of the students went out and explored but the moment I looked at my bed I knew that I had to take a nap. I woke up in time to go for a jog before dinner. The streets near our hotel are all beautiful residential streets with beautiful Irish homes. I even stopped and talked to a very elderly man who was standing at the end of his driveway in a tweed suit. He was very nice and all I had to do was open my mouth and he knew that I'm not from around here. He wanted to know all about our trip but as soon as I told him we're going up to Northern Ireland to Belfast and Derry he frowned a bit and said "it's much nicer here." Seems the tensions are still around, especially for people like him who have probably experienced much of it in his lifetime. He was nice nonetheless. I hope I get the chance to meet a lot of the locals while I'm here.

Dinner was delicious- I had a capri salad, lemon sole, strawberry crumble cake, and coffee. It was so good. After dinner a few of us hung around and had drinks in the hotel bar. There are some cool people on this trip and I'm glad I'm getting the chance to get to know them.

That's it for now. I still feel a bit delirious/jet lagged. I'm sure that won't go right away but I'm hoping a good night's sleep will help!