What can I say about Trinity College?
Tell someone that you're gonna study there and they'll give you the same answer all the time: "oh, you must be really clever". Also Trinity is the oldest and probably also the best universtiy of Ireland. In addition the campus is absolutely beautiful and right in the center of town. It is a bit like a little town within Dublin.
So far I've been to pretty much every corner of campus and I've been into a few buildings. Yesterday we had to register in the Examination Hall. It's a really beautiful hall, but the queue was extremely long and when I arrived it was pouring in addition to everything. So I heard there was a breakfast for free somewhere. I went there - had to join the Hist (I'll explain in another blog) to be let in - and then met some nice people and had a great breakfast inside. Afterwards I made my way back and after another hour finaly had my brandnew Student ID card of TCD.
I walked all the way to the other end of campus towards the sportcenter. There I got outside (you know there's only about 5 entrances into TCD) and went to the JCR (Junior Common Room) where I had a free voucher for lunch. Got a great panani, a chocolate bar and a tea. I met some people I had already met at the international welcome reception and we went to check out the Gamer's place (again more in another blog that'll follow).
Next on my "campus-tour" was the sport center. Got my ID registered there as well and went to the swimming pool :-). Yes, we have a swimming pool on campus!!! And it's FREE! So went swimming 40 lanes (aka 1 km) and then I sat into the steam room. Met a guy there, he's name with Luon (however you spell that) and we talked a bit. Then I got changed and walked back to the place where the Phil is. Sat down on the couches, had a cup of coffee and talked with some more people.
Later I got a text from Ida asking me if I wanted to have dinner with her and Verena (these are the two other Unitech girls)... So we walked to Rathmines (which is about 30 minutes). That wouldn't have been a problem, but it was raining, then it was pouring, then the sky seemed to open it's dams... You get the point. Well Ida had no umbrella and she was soaking wet when we got there.
We cooked a great dinner with self made tomato sauce, wholeweat pasta and a salad with green salad, grated carrots, tomato and cucumber.
So that's it for the moment... Here's a map of Trinity:
http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/assets/pdf/tcd-main-campus.pdf
Main entrance is to the left (Parliament Square is actually Front Square now I think... there you'll see the campanile), sport center is at the top right.
Here you'll also find interactive maps and a virtual tour:
http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/
So have a nice day and next post should be about the clubs and societies of Trinity.
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