Day 3

It is funny getting to know a new country. Things you think are very normal in the US, are not here. Little things you would not expect. I have found so far that orange juice here is not delicious. You either find 10% juice (where is the rest of my juice, thank you very much) or OJ with "Bits of pulp" which is 100x more pulpy than grovestand OJ, you literally are drinking an orange that has been blended up into a thick orangey mess. Another thing is name brands you think will not be universal will, while the opposite also applies. We found Philadelphia cream cheese, but no name brand toothpaste or anything close.

I have a roommate from Japan named Yuki, who cooked up a storm last night. The perfect word to describe him is adorable. He is always smiling and last night he was buzzing around the kitchen making a Japanese dish name Hamburg. Which is not hamburgers. He was trying to explain it to me, but it pretty much boiled down to "It's a Japanese dish." He sauteed onions and had a special sauce. It was very impressive. He told me his Mom taught him to cook. He really is just adorable. Flak and Ann Catherine (AC) my other two roommates are very sweet. We have all pitched in and bought little stuff like a pot and pan, dish soap. Little things.

Another odd thing about Ireland, possibly Europe in general is that I could buy my entire bed set (sheets, towels, blanket, bathmat, etc) for 30 Euro so about $43, but a slice of pizza is 4 euro, about $7.5. A pint of Guinness is 4.80 just if anyone was curious. But a very cute little pub across from campus has college night where all drinks are 3 euro, and Patty and Purick (Which is really just Irish for Patty) the bar tenders were explaining to us all about where to go on which night.

Today is the "practical walking tour" so as they enjoying saying here "Boys and Girls lace yer shoes up."