City life is not like normal life. Especially in Europe.

So today was a big day for me as I finally had my "interview" at the place where I'll be working. It was my first time venturing into the city alone, and I was very interested to see how I would manage. To get to the University College of Dublin I have to take two buses, it takes almost an hour and a half. It's not even that far but traffic here is ridiculous. I woke up at like 6:00am, ironed my clothes (first time ever, oh yeah baby!), and set out on my journey. I think the trick to this whole thing is pretending you know what's going on. If you pretend you've got the bull by the horns I believe you're much less likely to rubbish it all up. Worked for me! I made it to my interview early, which the Irish are not used to as they don't really seem to care about time. An interview scheduled for 10 to them means 10ish.

The great thing about the public transportation system is it offers world class people watching. You may have heard that Dublin is a pretty Americanized place. I have to disagree. Every day I'm surrounded by people speaking languages I am unable to identify, and very rarely have I heard American accents. Dublin is certainly less Irish than the rest of Ireland I suppose, but calling it Americanized is a bit silly. Though there are plenty of McDonald's.

Everywhere we go we definitely stand out as clueless Americans, and for the most part it's pretty funny. We've been laughed at more than a few times. I'm having so much fun. I have a feeling I'll never want to drink in any of the bars back home when I get back. It's just too awesome here.

I leave you with the first decent picture I've gotten my hands on. Notice my uncontrollable goofy grin. I'm happy, Guinness is delicious.