Trinity College Dublin hosted various social activities for their students. The department of Surgery, belonging to Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), was very welcoming and gave a very family-like feeling with many fun events happening in between the studies.
My spare time was mostly spent discovering Dublin. it had everything from beautiful monuments and massive churches to the largest open park in Europe, Phoenix Park, that was located a kilometer away from my institute. There was no need for me to visit any museums or paying any entrances, Dublin had its core beauty on the streets and by the parks.