dublin' or nothin

So, I moved in to my apartment today in Dublin. Saints preserve us!

Yesterday was AWESOME though... despite the fact we got horribly, terribly lost again. (Sensing a pattern?) We walked from the hotel through Green Park, right past Buckingham Palace,down Parliament, across the Westminster Bridge, then got turned around and wandered. Once we lost sight of the London Eye, we were basically screwed. After about an hour walk we finally found the Globe Theatre. The tour was enjoyable, but the freakin' SWEETEST thing was that when we walked in to the theatre they were running fight rehearsal. I know. Legend... dary timing.

By far, though, the coolest thing was the tour of the Rose Theatre excavation site. I literally got to stand in the space where some of Shakespeare's first works were performed and where Shakespeare performed as an actor. I was basically awe struck. We kept walking but wandered away from the tour group to go back and stand there for a bit longer. The tour guide came looking for me... when he finally found me he just looked at me and asked me if I was an actor. I told him yes and he basically said "Yah, I was that way when I first came." So us actors bonded over that. Mom and I then did a quick walk through of the Tate Modern before heading back to the hotel.

This morning I woke up at 5:30, showered and caught the Tube to Heathrow. When I got to Dublin, I caught a cab to a corner of a street where I had been instructed to wait for someone to meet me. Sketchy, I know. Finally, Eammon, my "RA" came bounding across the street dramatically proclaiming "So, there I was, stranded in Dublin...". He is basically wonderful and hilarious. He informed me that "RA" was not a good term for him because he was NOT going to tell me not to drink. Quite the opposite in fact. I met my flippin' sweet new roomies and after a get to know you chat we went grocery shopping and then walked 2 miles back to our apartment carrying heavy grocery bags.

FUN FACT:
You have to pay for grocery bags here. wtf.

It began to rain. A lot. We arrived back to our apartment soaking wet and, after drying off, made dinner. We are leaving for the pub for a "get to know you" drink with the other students in the program in about 30 minutes. I need to got and get ready/finished unpacking.

I promise my next entry will not be lame.