My first few days here have been really really nice. Peter, my advisor, so kindly let me stay at his place for a couple days before I move in to a dorm at Trinity for a week (which I do tomorrow morning). Peter and his wife, Emma, have a lovely house just off of the Irish Sea. Unfortunatly its been raining since I got here, save for last night, so I didn’t get out to take any pictures of it or the docklands or anything. Also, there isnt much of a view from their back yard, though here is what their yard looks like:
And here is a truer color view off to the side. I’m not sure why the first one is more orangeish.. I’ll have to be more careful processing I think:
Anyway, last night I watched the Eurovison Song Contest with Paul (the student I’ll be working with) and some of his friends. The songs were truely horrendous, well, most of them anyway and the voting is truely farcicle. But it really is a must see, I don’t understand how anyone can take it seriously. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out the wikipedia article on it. Later, I had my first real Guiness at a pub called Doyle’s. It was truely delicious. I’m not sure what the difference was, maybe I was just expecting it to be different, but it really tasted more creamy and less bitter than even the best Guiness I’ve had in the US.
Today was much lazier, but the jet lag is still getting to me. After lazing around all day, Peter and Emma invited me along to dinner at Emma’s parents place. Her parents are truely lovely people and dinner was really good and filling. I believed Emma when she said that I wouldn’t leave hungry, but I guess I still didn’t expect it. The scene reminded me much of stories my dad used to tell about how his grandmother and mother would always make sure he ate enough (or too much!). Later I met a classmate from UIUC for a pint in the city and hopped a bus home. Not before spending an hour trying to find the bus stop though. It reminded me of many a time with my mother when I was a child where we would go and lose our selves just to find our way around.
Anyway, naptime, I’ll be moving in near the city centre tomorrow so I should have many more pictures then, especially if the weather clears.
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