UCD Quinn School of Business Blog

Ch. 2

There’s actually a lot that has happened these past few weeks so we’ll highlight a few and bring everyone up to speed!

Being at an actual university has been a breath of fresh air after being coddled like youngsters back at our schools in Madrid and Rome.  The UCD campus is legit.  We don’t even mind the twenty minute ride into Bellfield from our abode.  We feel inclined to mention the top-notch facilities (not to mention staff) of Quinn Business School.  The student-friendly work-rooms, schnazzy Insomnia café, and the perk of actually having internet brings us almost to the point of tears when it’s time to say our adieus each afternoon. So maybe that’s a bit of stretch, but it’s a good place to be and do work. 

Powerscourt

Now on to the good stuff!  Instead of advocating Quinn we’ll move on to Temple Bar and some of its hot spots—Purrty Kitchen in particular.  Our first and only experience there thus far, was a good one!  Free cover for the ladies and two-for-one cocktails on top of live entertainment and a rockin’ dance floor sweetened the pot.  After we had our fill of the live band playing covers of The Killers and Kings of Leon we decided to mosey on to the dance floor; a decision we don’t regret!  We dance without inhibition and we expect the same of the opposite sex… so when we saw two freestylin’ hotties bustin some moves, we’re not going to say we weren’t immensely intrigued!  After being a titch aggressive in terms of making ourselves obvious they took note!  From there commenced 2 hours of an intense America-Norwegian dance off… that’s correct, dance off!  We were whipping out moves left and right: the Shopping Cart, Lawn Mower, Sprinkler, even a rendition of Soccer Mom Baking Cookies While On The Phone.  It wasn’t nerdy.  We were the coolest ones out there.  The dance off fizzled after awhile, and Henrik and Nicolai moved in on us.  We’re gonna be honest here… they represented their country well… and left favorable impressions.  Unfortunately, they were here with their football team and were leaving the Isle the following Monday.  All good things come to an end.

Howth

While we’ve been enjoying a semi-typical study abroad experience, our roommate has been hitting it off with the Irish mamas, grandmamas, and homeless men?  While at another bar he struck up a conversation with an older lady who ended planting a kiss on his cheek and confessed that she “likes her young-uns young”.  Weird?  Later he hung out with a clan of 40 year olds at their birthday celebration, and even later had a heart-to-heart with the dancing bum at Temple Bar’s Trad Fest.  An atypical experience for an atypical roommate.

Log on again soon for more lasting impressions of our impressions of Dublin!

Slan!

E and C

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