flying into dublin was a stressful experience, granted nothing went terribly wrong although ialmost missed my first flight out of syracuse, although leaving home is never fun, especially when you know you wont be coming back for four months.
rest assured i arrived to dublin utterly exhausted (being 6'1 doesn't necessarily make for the best sleep on planes, cares or buses.) I got to my new apartment via bus with a few other students, took one step outside and i smelled burning turf (peat) and i remember thinking "holy christ if this is what ireland smells like i want to go home", but i went inside and thankfully the smell had not wofted into the lobby of the apartment.
so i went to my room, dropped off my disgustingly heavy bag and rushed up the stairs to say hello to my girlfriend who i hadn't seen in a few weeks. getting acclimated i tried to get some sleep, the rest of this story is not very exciting, it more or less only has to do with orientation and buying groceries, i know it is what you really want to hear about, but i will spare you.
the next most exciting thing we did was go to the guinness factory (see photo), which was actually a lot of fun, you get a free pint of guinness with the self guided tour, and since my girlfriend does not like dark beer i got two free pints, which is always fun. getting to know dublin was a pretty fun experience, it mostly involved lots of walking and a few incidents of blacking out in temple bar but i guess it is what you could say is part of the irish experience.
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