First day: The deer in the headlight look

Hello everyone, 

So I'm sitting in my hostel and finally have some time to let everyone know how I'm doing. Right now, I'm just exhausted and loving it. The flight went well and I slept pretty much the entire time (side note: The airline's food was quite good). The plane landed around 9 this morning and I spent about an hour dealing with immigration and what not.

Once I left the airport it was about an hour bus ride down to the city centre. The strangest part about the bus ride was how it did not announce the street names inside the bus at the different stops, but, luckily, a nice little old lady was able to help me find my way. After getting off the bus I spent about another hour trying to find my hostel. Navigating around here initially was a little complicated because the street names are not posted on the corner of the streets, but rather on top of the building in old school italic writing. 

After I got to my hostel, it was another two hours before my room was ready, so I locked up all my luggage and electronics in a locker and started to check out the city a little bit. The first thing that caught me off guard was how fast paced the city is. I guess I kind of expected it to be really green and rainy, but instead, it was incredibly warm and full of people and buildings, (side note: Dublin has a crap load of construction during the summer time, too). There also seems like there is a biggilillion side shops on different side streets. It sort of feels like there is hundred different State Streets crammed next to each other in the city.

I think my favorite thing I noticed so far is all the food I bought had no additional tax added to the price. But most of the currency here is dealt with coins that look identical. 

So that was my first day, thus far. My hostel is really nice and the people that work here are super friendly. They helped me out a lot when I first arrived because I was so fatigued and out of it from traveling. My room is about the same size of my first room at Mifflin, and I have to share with five other people, who I have yet to meet them. And there is a bathroom connected to my room, which is really convenient. 

But now it is time for me to take a nap. I'm exhausted!