Dublin: University College Dublin

University College Dublin (UCD) is the largest mainstream university in Ireland. There are about 30,000 undergraduate and 8,000 postgraduate pursuing their studies here at any one time.

Since my nephew was pursuing his studies in medicine, we paid a visit to the School of Medicine and Medical Science. It was the summer vacation time and therefore the building was somewhat vacant. During term time, the School is hosting 1,600 undergraduate and 400 postgraduate students.

We also paid a visit to the Student Centre which has a post-modern design. Almost all kinds of facility and services that the students need are provided here.

Dublin: Dinner at the Old Storehouse

The Old Storehouse is a traditional Irish bar and restaurant in Dublin which serves some of the best food in town. They never accept reservation, so every customer will have to wait for the next available table. There is live traditional Irish music most of the days at the bar.

We had the steamed fresh mussels in creamy white wine sauce; traditional Irish lamb, potato & root vegetable stew; Irish cottage pie with beef & vegetable topped with creamy mashed potato; grilled salmon; and beer battered fish & chips. All the dishes were so nice that we wiped all the plated clean at the end of the dinner.