Student Race Day

About a month ago, my roommates, friends (shout-out to Ben, who wanted his name in the blog), and I bought tickets for Student Race Day, and today was the day the races happened. Student Race Day is this horse race event that happens once a year (I think), with discounts specifically for colleges in Dublin. When we woke up this morning, we were  disappointed that it was raining, but still decided to go. We rode a taxi down to the race course, purchased a pint to drink, and went to place bets on the horses. I did not bet because gambling makes me feel so guilty, but Lauren, Laura and Paul all won money.

Student Race Day was packed, and there was a ton of pushing and shoving, spilling of alcohol...etc, but despite this and the weather, it was fun and definitely an amazing new experience. There were seven races I think, all 30 mins apart. We left for the races at 2pm, and they did not end until 8ish. We arrived back on campus around 11:30 or so. After we left the races, we took the luas into town, ate at Jimmy Chung's Chinese buffet, and grabbed drinks at Hard Rock Cafe. Lauren, Laura and I all had electric blue iced teas, which I need to type in this blog because for some reason, I could not remember the name, and kept calling it "blue ocean". 

I am proud to say that my roommates and Irish friends have all adopted my phrase, "your sarcasm is flawless." It was said at least 30 times today. We're going to have to start keeping a tally on how many times it is said.