So I have successfully completed my second day in Ireland, and I have a plan of attack established for the next few days while I try to find a job. Today was a really solid day. The breakfast food at the hostel is good, and it serves cereal, toast and coffee/tea -- so it was quite delicious.
I had my first and only orientation meeting this morning. It was two hours long and it felt like a ton of information thrown at me. But to sum it up for everyone, the next few days for me will be spent filling out paper work about taxes and immigration, while walking all over the city to trying to find the different buildings to file the paperwork. Also, I have to spend most of tomorrow and Friday trying to find an apartment to sublet. It will be the cheapest way for living accommodations throughout the summer, and I don't think I could handle living with a set of five different strangers everynight-- the hostel room is just too small for that. I made this decision last night after a bunch of German kids came into our room last night at 2 a.m. and sprechen die deutch for about 45 min. So, I think for my sanity it would be best to find a place for a cheaper price, where I would only have one or two other roommates.
But besides that, I do love living in a hostel. Everyone I have met is incredibly nice. Last night I met a bunch of kids from England and few kids from Mexico, but they all left today, so that kind of sucks. Today I've been hanging out with different group of guys who are from Germany; so everyone is pretty cool.
After my meeting today, I explored the city some more and bought a cell phone. Now if an employer needs to contact me, it will be much easier for them. Tomorrow I am going to wake up really early so I can start handing out some resumés and hopefully start working by next week sometime. I've been very tight with my money so far, but once I get a job I think I will be a little bit more relaxed and not feel bad if I go out for awhile at night.
I think my favorite thing about Dublin I noticed so far, is that it stays light out until about 11 p.m. It's really awesome, but it is definitely screwing up my sleep schedule (though that is probably because of the jet lag). I only slept for about five or six hours last night, but I did take quite the solid nap this afternoon.
But, yeah, that pretty much sums it up for today. Thanks for all the e-mails from everyone, I really appreciate it while I'm getting my feet wet in the city. Talk to everyone real soon :)
Oh, yeah, I started taking pictures today. The address to see them at is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyinireland/
Enjoy :)
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