Murphy’s Law states, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” Tell me why this has to apply now that I’m in Ireland. For the second morning in a row, Elise and my alarm has not gone off. (Not only ours, but also Heidi, Tot, and Jordan’s room has had the same problem.) Considering we were supposed to be ready to leave by 9:15, waking up at 9:05 is not the best idea ever. On top of the fact that we were rushed by the simple fact of our faulty alarm clock, a rock slide had blocked the Dart tracks between Greystones and Bray. This meant we had to catch a bus to Bray and then catch the Dart there into Dublin. Luckily, everything went fine once we left the house.

When we arrived in Dublin, we went to Trinity College to get our Irish student IDs. Then we went back to the DART station to get our DART passes for the month of February. Finally, it was time to start the activity of the day: a scavenger hunt. We split into our assigned groups. Of course, being college students, the scavenger hunt was soon abandoned and my group and another group joined together and just explored the city at our own accord. We stopped at Penny’s (which if you don’t know what that is, you can get fake Ugg Boots there for around 8 euros) then sat down at Bewley’s on Grafton Street for coffee. I was good and didn’t buy anything today. Actually, I don’t think any of the girls bought anything today. The guys on the other hand… a few of them have this idea in their heads that they are going to become “European.” So they bought new coats, hats, and scarves today. As long as they avoid wearing cardigans (which guys do wear over here), I couldn’t care less.

Tonight we watched P.S. I Love You on the TV in the Red Room at the house. Watching that movie is depressing. First of all, as Karin puts it, they took the only two good-looking men in Ireland and stuck them in that movie; and second, Ireland is not that sunny! Yes, it’s green, but we have yet to have the blue skies and sunshine.