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prismakaos) wrote2007-05-15 07:55 am
prismakaos) wrote2007-05-15 07:55 am
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Things I've learned from Dublin, after two days here:
- It rains. A lot. But only for five minutes at any given time.
- Coats with hoods are American, but hoodies are okay.
- European snacks are much better than American. (I actually knew this one already, but it's so true. Did you know that nutri-grain bars here are actually *tasty*? They come in blackberry-apple, too...)
- The closer you are to the original brewery, the better the Guinness tastes.
- Drinking a "baby Guinness" isn't like having another drink - it's so small, it doesn't count.
- "What's the crack?" shouldn't be answered with "The crack is." Unless you're Ray.
- Telling the taxi driver that you're going to Barrow Street is fine - telling him that you want to go to the cross of Barrow and Gordon will just get you a confused brogue phrase.
- Ironically, Europeans seem to work less but actually work the same or more than Californians. Maybe they're just more efficient. Maybe it's coz of the snacks.
- Inga is so damn American.
- Smarties are just not the same without their little lettered caps. Curse you, unnecessary hexagonal modernity!
- It rains. A lot. But only for five minutes at any given time.
- Coats with hoods are American, but hoodies are okay.
- European snacks are much better than American. (I actually knew this one already, but it's so true. Did you know that nutri-grain bars here are actually *tasty*? They come in blackberry-apple, too...)
- The closer you are to the original brewery, the better the Guinness tastes.
- Drinking a "baby Guinness" isn't like having another drink - it's so small, it doesn't count.
- "What's the crack?" shouldn't be answered with "The crack is." Unless you're Ray.
- Telling the taxi driver that you're going to Barrow Street is fine - telling him that you want to go to the cross of Barrow and Gordon will just get you a confused brogue phrase.
- Ironically, Europeans seem to work less but actually work the same or more than Californians. Maybe they're just more efficient. Maybe it's coz of the snacks.
- Inga is so damn American.
- Smarties are just not the same without their little lettered caps. Curse you, unnecessary hexagonal modernity!
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I'm in Ireland for work...sort of. I was on my way to Latvia for vacation and got waylaid. ;)
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