College Freshman Round 2

Finally the day came where we got to move into our apartment at the University. Living out of a suitcase in a hotel room isn't the best. And plus I really wanted to meet all my other suite mates. One was on my program, so I already got to meet him. When we got there, there was one of in the apartment, which was nice. I got to unpack all my stuff in the peace and quiet, granted I really didn't have that much stuff. I realized I forgot to pack a lot of stuff other people thought about bring. For one, I didn't have a towel, sheets, and a duvet cover. Those were the big ones, seeing how I am so lazy and it took me a couple of days to go out a buy them. We explored the campus a bit and got to find out how big of a campus is. It is much bigger then UNH. We also got free vouchers on our way in, one of which was for a food truck called Eddie Rockets. Yes, Eddie Rockets. It was like a rip off of Johnny Rockets. When I made it back to my apartment, I finally got to meet the rest of my roommates. Out of the 6 of us, 5 are American and one from Jerusalem. Also it is 5 girls and one guy. Everyone immediately hit it off and we all got along. Of the American's, we were from all over the states (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Kansas).

Eddie Rocket's food truck

The next day was filled with my favorite things, more orientation. It was all the same old, same old. But later in the day, I got to go to the engineering advisory orientation as in it was mandatory. But finally, I got to meet some Irish students. Up to that point, it was all international students. I got to talk to some second year students about classes and stuff. Then they showed us around and told us all the ins and outs of campus. Turns out the Civil Engineering building is the farthest point on campus from me. It is about a 25 minute walk depending on how fast I walk. And then the Architecture building is even farther. To say the least, I will be getting my fair share of exercise in from just walking to class.

Right outside of the Engineering Building

Civil Engineering Building

The next day was a pretty open day as no one had orientation stuff, so seeing how I brought nothing with me, I needed to do some shopping. We took the bus into a town called Dundrum, which had a huge shopping center. After getting off the bus, I had an immediate flash back to Boston. There right in Ireland was a bridge that looked just like the Zakim Bridge. I was like I have never left Boston. It was very strange.

Random Bridge that looks like Zakim Bridge

After walking up a giant hill, we made it to the shopping center, which was beautiful. They had an area where there was a fountain show going on, just like the Bellagio and a small grass area where people were just chilling out. There was a store called Penny's which was like TJ Maxx. But funny thing is here they have a store called TK Maxx. But I finally got sheets and a towel, which was the most important things to get. My bed was so comfortable that night. But that's it for now. If I am on top of things (which I'm not because this post is a couple days late), my next post will be about my first week of classes!

Dundrum Shopping Center