Trip To Trinity

Contrary to what I believed, it is not necessary to study to get into trinity College. Anyone can get in for the price of admission, if you're a tourist. What is truly amazing, is that Irish students get a free college education. Imagine being able to go to med school for free. If we had free higher education here, my life would have been different.

Trinity College was built during the time of Elizabeth the first, almost 500 years ago. My college was mostly built during the 1960's, I think, and then built again in the 1990's after it was destroyed in the Northridge earthquake. It's hard for me to imagine a college being built 500 years ago and still, not only standing today, but still being run as a college.


During our visit, we came upon a wedding. Students can marry at Trinity if no more than four years has passed since their graduation. How's that for pressure if you have your heart set on a Trinity wedding?


It's easy to tell who was a wedding guest and who was just wandering by. I, of course, was in the latter category. My favorite outfit was worn by the lady in dark pink. I wish I could have gotten a photo from the front, which was far more interesting, but she kept spinning around. I wish I could have yelled, "Hey you, in the pink, stand still and face the camera."

The bride and groom seem oddly detached from each other. I hope that they didn't rush into marriage so that they could get married at their alma mater.