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Blijf op de hoogte en volg Nadiem
15 Februari 2015 | Ierland, Dublin
We have been going to the city centre on an almost daily basis. That’s mainly because we have so much spare time and just sitting in the common room gets quite old rather fast. One of the students did buy two decks of playing cards, so we have been playing all sorts of games here. The great thing about having so many nationalities here is that everyone knows different games that they can introduce to the others.
Two days ago, when we were walking around the city centre I noticed someone abandoned a ventriloquist’s dummy. He wears this awesome police uniform (hat included) and has a huge moustache. I felt sorry for the little fellow so I decided to take him with me to campus. I gave him the name McGuinness and he is just chilling in the common room every day, keeping his eye on people so that everyone knows to behave or they’ll be in for a world of pain. Sometimes people take him out of his little corner to play with him, but I noticed he’s not really as comfortable around most people as he is to me. But I bet than when he gets to know all the great people here, he’ll start to love them.
Also, since we only visited pubs so far we decided to go to a nightclub for a change to experience the real Irish nightlife. It was pretty great, although prices are a lot higher than in the Netherlands (but then again, that might be because we’re in a capital city here that attracts many tourists – you would pay more for a beer in Amsterdam than in the rest of the Netherlands as well.) Furthermore the girls dress like Barbie dolls (thick layers of make-up, short skirts even though it is freezing out here basically everyday) and all the guys look alike. Nevertheless, that didn’t spoil our fun. There is this one guy that has become a vital member of our friend circle here that I just want to give a shout-out to. He strikes me as an alcoholic who can outdrink all of us easily and who insists on buying us drinks and paying for our cabs all the time. No-one really knows how much money he has but none of us are complaining.
So to summarize this week, we have just been getting real close to people, getting an introduction to the classes we are going to take and we made a great new friend by the name of MacGuinness. See you all next week!
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