There Are No Words

Since I've done a pretty good job of posting every week, I feel obligated to publish something today even though nothing terribly exciting has happened since last weekend.  I was planning on doing a day trip via ferry over to Wales this weekend but after consulting with my good friend TripAdvisor, it sounded like you need a car once you get off the ferry to go see the fun things.

I registered for next semester classes at CSU on Friday.  Looks like I'll be taking Business Writing/Communication, Principles of Finance,  Supply Chain Management, Buyer Behavior, and lastly, Marketing Research.  Hard to believe that's my last fall semester of college!

UCD

On Saturday, I finally had the motivation/time to walk around campus.  The business building is pretty much a three minute walk from my apartment so I don't really go on campus that much.  I knew it was big but didn't realize how big!   UCD is a very long rectangle essentially surrounded  by a nature park.  I found the "secret lake" on campus which should really be called "the out of the way lake."  I also found the entrance to the rumored underground tunnels that connect campus buildings but the door to get in was locked.  Another interesting thing about campus is that there are random sport pitches everywhere!  I wonder if the school even knows about half of them.

One side of the "secret lake"

There are running trails everywhere!

The diamond shaped water tower.

Not so secret lake with O'Reilly Hall on the right (where I saw Phantom of the Opera).  The pointy tower in the back looks an awful lot like the Eiffel Tower from a distance.

Other than that, this has been a relax and recuperate weekend.  Today that yellow thing showed itself in the sky and it was actually warm!  I did have to fight against the strong wind on my walk to the store but the heat made up for it.

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With nothing else to say, here's the plan for the rest of my time in Europe:

-Leave for Krakow, Poland on the 18th.

-My last class of the semester is on the 25th.

-The 27th  is our API Farewell Event in Dublin.

-On the 29th, I fly over to meet up with Megan in France so we can begin our trip!  It sounds like we're going to and/or staying in the following locations:
Nice, France
Genoa, Italy 
Various towns in Cinque Terre, Italy 
Verona, Italy 
Innsbruck, Austria 
Salzburg, Austria 
Bludenz, Austria 
Zurich, Switzerland

-The final exam schedule starts on the 7th of May but I don't have my first test until the 9th.  My last final is on the 16th.

-Head back to the US on Sunday, May 19th :(