Jet lag

It's only 9:24 pm here but I'm about ready to fall asleep. But, I'll fill you in with what happened today.

We have a chartered bus that is taking is everywhere we need to go, so that's convenient. We went to the center of the Dublin shopping district (think of a promenade) and I was able to exchange my American dollars for Euros there. What transpired after that is one for the memories. The lot of us (about 10 students) headed to another foreign exchange store since the bank would not accept $100 notes. The store was a bit out of the way and caused enough discombobulation that we preceeded to walk around Dublin aimlessly for about 25-30 minutes. Eventually, we back-tracked our route and re-coordinated ourselves back to the bus. But, the feeling of "Oh my god, we haven't been in Ireland for more than a few minutes and we're already lost" was incredible, to say the least. Disaster averted? Haha.


We had lunch at this small hotel: a simple soup and sandwich course. Vegetable soup and sandwich triangles more than satisfied my appetite. After touring around the city for a bit, we finally reached our hotel. Everyone proceeded to pass out from exhaustion, including myself.

After our glorious nap, we readied ourselves for a great dinner at The Yacht. I had the roasted turkey and potatoes. And they mean potatoes!
The great food, however, was EASILY overshadowed by the Guinness. The first sip of a freshly poured Guinness in Ireland was AMAZING. Creamy foam and full-bodied taste, nothing you can duplicate stateside. Needless to say, I sipped and savored that pint as much as I could.

We're back in the hotel and I'm about ready to clock out. Tomorrow, we meet with the Foreign Consulate. Should be interesting...

P.S.: About the camera. I did not pack the USB connection for the camera-to-laptop transfer of photos. I have plenty of photos, just no way to get them onto the laptop themselves. I'll see what I can do to solve the problem. Otherwise, I'm going have to more descriptive about these events...and we all know no one wants to read that!