First class

I had my first class tonight! "Introduction to Irish History for Visiting Students." The lectures are from 6-8pm every Tuesday. We alternate professors after two lectures, so we will get a taste of 5 different Irish historians and professors. Tonight we started with the "Great Famine" which was an eye opener to say the least! I also got my cell phone and opened my bank account at the Bank of Ireland today. Much to do as an "immigrant!" The town is just lovely - especially at night. I feel like I'm in New York City at times. Except that there are certain times when the streets are dead and others when they are packed. We found the "Everything 2 Euro" store today which was great! An Irish dollar store! Tonight I hung out with my roommates and we compared Irish and American traditions. They said it's funny to hear our "Southern" traditions because they only see American TV shows and movies that take place in the north or in California. They thought all Americans are loud and city folk. They loooove Grey's Anatomy here! We finally have our "tele" (not teev as I said before) but we only have 4 channels. Many American shows come on, but there are Irish news and soap operas. Hopefully I will upload some pictures tomorrow!