A little worn out
This'll probably be a two-post day, depending on how sleepy I am when I get in tonight. Classes start tomorrow for this little Dubliner :) Okay, I'm not a Dubliner at all, but I have read the book, and I am living here, however short the time may be. And I didn't make an idiot of myself today, which is nice.
Went down to Grafton and O'Connell street with Steph, Taylor (flatmates), Katie, and Jess (neighbor girls). We wanted to get some fresh produce type things, and it's all really cheap from the street vendor. I had less than 6 euro in my pocket today and I bought 4 postcards, a bag of new potatoes, 2 onions, a stalk of broccoli and 100 grams of spiced beef (that's about 4 sandwich pieces from a delicatessen). I felt pretty good. And then I did some more grocery shopping, got things like tuna, sliced cheese, bread, mayo, chips...crisps, I suppose :), juice and a soda, among a couple other things, for 20 euro, and I think I won't need to buy groceries again for another week and half at least. Except for chicken teriyaki night. I'll buy the chicken fresh.
Also went into Penney's today. It's not a J.C. Penny's, just called Penney's, and it's got some insanely cheap clothes. Taylor, the flatmate from warmer places, has bought a couple sweaters there, one for 11 euro and one for 7. That's nuts. And nearly everything there is extremely affordable.
The weather was so so nice today. I shed my so far usual sweater and boots for a tee shirt and Chucks today. Felt like I was back at IU, sporting my Mario tee. And then I remembered that Dublin is way more awesome than Indiana and I felt better ;). Just teasing guys. Mostly.
But the reason that today is going to be a double post day...toinght we're going to a pub (of course) that has traditional Irish music and dancing. So I'll take the hit and look like the goofy tourist just so you guys can see what's going on here in my world. You know, if you guys wanted to carry a camera around and send me pictures of your every day lives, I wouldn't mind.
I've been trying to stay fairly busy and keep myself surrounded with people, because it's those times when you're sitting alone in the flat when homesickness creeps up on you. And I think everyone is feeling that way, so we all try to stay together. Played euchre last night and won! Of course :) I only played two hands, but I feel like I definitely contributed to the win.
We were going to head up to Phoenix Park today, but I think we all might be a little too worn out after our shopping adventures. Oh, I'm not buying any gifts yet, but if anyone has an idea of what they'd like brought back, or something you collect that you'd like one of from Ireland, let me know in the comment section.
But I'm off to eat with Jess, a neighbor girl and fellow midwesterner. Have a good day!
Went down to Grafton and O'Connell street with Steph, Taylor (flatmates), Katie, and Jess (neighbor girls). We wanted to get some fresh produce type things, and it's all really cheap from the street vendor. I had less than 6 euro in my pocket today and I bought 4 postcards, a bag of new potatoes, 2 onions, a stalk of broccoli and 100 grams of spiced beef (that's about 4 sandwich pieces from a delicatessen). I felt pretty good. And then I did some more grocery shopping, got things like tuna, sliced cheese, bread, mayo, chips...crisps, I suppose :), juice and a soda, among a couple other things, for 20 euro, and I think I won't need to buy groceries again for another week and half at least. Except for chicken teriyaki night. I'll buy the chicken fresh.
Also went into Penney's today. It's not a J.C. Penny's, just called Penney's, and it's got some insanely cheap clothes. Taylor, the flatmate from warmer places, has bought a couple sweaters there, one for 11 euro and one for 7. That's nuts. And nearly everything there is extremely affordable.
The weather was so so nice today. I shed my so far usual sweater and boots for a tee shirt and Chucks today. Felt like I was back at IU, sporting my Mario tee. And then I remembered that Dublin is way more awesome than Indiana and I felt better ;). Just teasing guys. Mostly.
But the reason that today is going to be a double post day...toinght we're going to a pub (of course) that has traditional Irish music and dancing. So I'll take the hit and look like the goofy tourist just so you guys can see what's going on here in my world. You know, if you guys wanted to carry a camera around and send me pictures of your every day lives, I wouldn't mind.
I've been trying to stay fairly busy and keep myself surrounded with people, because it's those times when you're sitting alone in the flat when homesickness creeps up on you. And I think everyone is feeling that way, so we all try to stay together. Played euchre last night and won! Of course :) I only played two hands, but I feel like I definitely contributed to the win.
We were going to head up to Phoenix Park today, but I think we all might be a little too worn out after our shopping adventures. Oh, I'm not buying any gifts yet, but if anyone has an idea of what they'd like brought back, or something you collect that you'd like one of from Ireland, let me know in the comment section.
But I'm off to eat with Jess, a neighbor girl and fellow midwesterner. Have a good day!
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