Yay! I'm going to Dublin!

[wertsie]

I got the call this afternoon. I'll be going for six weeks this summer through a study abroad program. SO excited!!! Yay!

 

[bonosloveslave]

Good for you Jenn (or is it Jen? can't remember ) - that is so exciting!

 

[souLnation2002]

wow, thats great!

what are you studying?

 

[wertsie]

wow, thats great!

what are you studying?

(bonosloveslave...Either is technically okay, but I usually go by Jen. )

Actually, the program is really cool because I will learn about Irish history, literature, and politics...And since I'm a writing major and history minor, it's perfect!

 

[hippy]

Actually, the program is really cool because I will learn about Irish history, literature, and politics...And since I'm a writing major and history minor, it's perfect!

coolness! I'm a lit major/history minor I'm actually writing my thesis on Anglo-Irish lit and I have some special plans in the works for grad school

is this a program through your school?

 

[wertsie]

coolness! I'm a lit major/history minor I'm actually writing my thesis on Anglo-Irish lit and I have some special plans in the works for grad school

is this a program through your school?

No, I had to go through a school in PA because here at GVSU you have to be going into social work to go to Ireland. But I still get college credit and all.

So...are you thinking of Ireland for Grad School?

 

[martha]

Bitchin'!!!!!

 

[hippy]

So...are you thinking of Ireland for Grad School?

Trinity has a killer Ango-Irish lit program AND this really cool Peace Studies program which I'm really interested in

*starts saving money*

 

[erised]

Hurray!

VERY cool Wertsie!!!!!



You're gonna have such a GREAT time!

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

Yay! That's deadly! Congrats!
I'm gonna be there too! Wanna meet up for a pint?

 

[wertsie]

Yay! That's deadly! Congrats!
I'm gonna be there too! Wanna meet up for a pint?

Hey, why not?

I don't know too many of the details yet, but I'm staying in a flat on O'Connell Street somewhere. I can't wait to get all my info. They said MAYBE by Christmas...they're still handling last-minute applications for the spring program.

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

Hey, why not?

I don't know too many of the details yet, but I'm staying in a flat on O'Connell Street somewhere. I can't wait to get all my info. They said MAYBE by Christmas...they're still handling last-minute applications for the spring program.

I'm gonna be staying in a place called Ballyboden, in the southside. That's where my boyfriend Brian lives. But as soon as I get a lil job I'm gonna start saving money to rent an apartment somewhere near the city centre. God knows how long it will take me! Renting a place in Dublin is really really expensive.

 

[hippy]

If anyone's gonna be around in Dublin in about a year and a half... I'll be looking for a flat and someone to share it with! It would be great if I knew someone before I went over there

This thread makes me so excited

 

[wertsie]

If anyone's gonna be around in Dublin in about a year and a half... I'll be looking for a flat and someone to share it with! It would be great if I knew someone before I went over there

This thread makes me so excited

I'm starting to think a little about grad school myself...we'll see how this summer goes first though!

 

[bammo2]

me and my brother are looking to move to Dublin next year.......

only problem is that it's sooooooooooooo expensive - even by UK standards (although I don't think it's as expensive as London)

anyway.....like Hippy said......this thread has got me REALLY excited...

wooooooooo hooooooooooooo!

*plotting to rob a bank or marry a millionaire or something so I can live in Dalkey*

 

[wertsie]

So, how expensive are we talking?

 

[bammo2]

here's a link to a website showing rented accommodation available:

http://www.daft.ie/searchrental.daf...7e3536f&s%5Barea_id%5D=cit1&search=Browse+%BB

hope the link works! as you can see, its at least 800 euros per month just for a one bedroom studio. If you were to buy a house in Dublin, you'd be lucky to have change from about 300, 000. if you were sharing, it'd be not so bad, but you're gambling on who you live with:

http://www.daft.ie/searchsharing.daft?s%5Barea_id%5D=cit1&search=Browse+%BB

not sure of the exchange rate of euros to dollars / pounds. And I don't know if this will seem as expensive to anyone else, but for someone from Nottingham who used to pay ?350 a month (about $500-ish?) for a 3 bedroomed semi-deatched house with drive and garden, it seems REALLY pricey!

 

[hippy]

not sure of the exchange rate of euros to dollars / pounds.

last time I checked... a euro was almost equivalent to the US dollar

 

[wertsie]

last time I checked... a euro was almost equivalent to the US dollar

that's what I've heard too. Thanks for posting those links. I will definitely be checkin' that out!