First Day of School!

Apparently studying is part of studying abroad, so today was the first day of class! They encouraged us to sit in every lecture for the first week, just to see which classes we were most interested in taking. Today, I listened to lectures about Irish history, economy, drama, literature, and Gaelic culture. I really enjoyed the drama class, and especially the professor! He is one of the top drama scholars in Ireland and throughout the world, and took us on an impromptu field trip the very first day to the Temple Bar district to show us what is left of Ireland's first indoor theater.

Irish classes are a little bit different than American classes, at least in my experience at Trinity College. The students (there are about 25 of us) sit in the same room for each class, and instead of moving classrooms, have the Professors come to us! This means that we are sitting in the same room, in the same spot, for over 6 hours today. Tomorrow will be much less class, however it is still a little intimidating and hard to pay attention for that long!

After class, I was lucky to have an opportunity to talk to both my mom and my boyfriend Jeff, and that was a nice way to keep the homesickness away!

 This is my campus! 

 Some Trinity buildings

Trinity College is the oldest University in Ireland, being over 400 years old!