First Week of Classes

So last week was the first week of classes here at Trinity.  The whole registration process was a little frustrating because you needed to go to each department that you wanted to take courses in and ask them what classes are offered and the times of those classes, then when you figure out which courses you want to take you have to go back to each department and talk to the department head and get them to sign your registration form so that you are able to take those courses.  But despite the long and complicated processes, I am genuinely excited about the courses that I am taking.  I am taking two history courses one on Ireland in the Wider World which covers the 17th and 18th centuries and then another on the 1916 Rising; and then I am taking two sociology courses one on globalization and development and the other on social theory.  Courses here are quite different than at Luther.  For three of my classes we have big lectures once or twice a week and then a tutorial once a week which is smaller groups, and then my 1916 Rising course is more what I am used to it is a smaller upper-level history class that is sort of a mixture of lecture and class discussion.  But there is also a lot more reading for these courses...for example for my lecture tomorrow the suggested reading has 7 books on it....7 i am not quite sure how they expect us to read 7 books for one lecture, but i suppose that is why it is SUGGESTED reading! So I am attempting to not procrastinate and stay on top of my reading (i know me not procrastinating...weird!)

But more importantly this past weekend Dani came to visit! She got in Saturday afternoon and we went to the National Museum of Ireland and then bummed around Grafton Street before we found dinner at a great restaurant! (good food and 5 dollar cocktails! for dublin that is pretty darn good :) And then we hung out at a pub with some of my Trinity friends.  Then on Sunday we attended a service at Christ Church Cathedral which was absolutely amazing!  The Cathedral was beautiful and to attend a service there was a really cool experience! We then got some gelato before she had to catch her plane for Rome!  It was so good to see her and to have her here, because as much as I love it here and all of the friends that I have made I do miss my friends back home! Yes I believe that is all for now! Cheers!