Movin on to Galway!

Hey all!
So Dublin was snowy and cold and we were super tired, but we still managed a few good stories for ya. First of all, we never checked our kitchen at the hostel so we went out and bought a frozen pizza...too bad there was no oven! We microwaved it and it was pretty soggy but food's food I guess! I tried to fry mine in a pan with some oil (thanks mom!) and that was decent... I've been dying to write about the character who shared our hostel room in Dublin (it was us and 4 other people in the room). We never got any of their names, so we'll call the man South Africa and the girl Germany. The other two we never saw, but it's safe to say that all 3 guys were LIVING in the hostel, one of them for 9 months! So anyway, South Africa was very chatty and didn't smell good but the funniest thing was he was laying in his bed, maybe 9pm? We were getting ready to go to sleep and all of a sudden we hear this awfulllll techno music. I look next to his bed and he's got a 90's style Sony Discman plugged into 2 speakers playing 90's songs set to techno, for example "Rock Until the Broad Daylight". Slad and Veder commercial anyone?! Also under his bed is milk, eggs, and mayo...I'm not sure why people don't refrigerate those... So then South Africa and Germany (who we didn't think could speak English or was just real shy) start talking about going out to some disco club. So they're getting ready, and South Africa puts 5 sprays of on cologne under the armpit of every shirt he tries on! It smelled pretty bad and the whole room was already musty... Next, he looks at Germany and goes, "So you're wearin that shirt hey?" (he said hey after almost every single word. obnoxious.) And she just nodded but he clearly did not approve. He goes, "And those shoes hey?" I'll make it short but basically he did not approve of anything she was wearing and it was the most awkward 10 minutes of my life, Kate was brushing her teeth trying not to laugh! Last story about South Africa: I took 2 Tylenol PMs because I really needed a good night's sleep to get over the jet lag and he goes "O you've got drugs hey?" and comes right up to me. We explained they were $4 Tylenols but he told us we could sell them and then he sniffed the bottle. He said that Irish people were addicted to sleeping pills because they couldn't afford heroine! He said if we couldn't get a job we could always sell them haha Interesting guy...

So Friday we had orientation with the company we came through and that was slightly depressing. They told us that Galway really does not have many jobs, but that if we work hard enough there was definitely a possibility. We caught our bus for Galway and then Sheila McNair (my dad's longtime friend's daughter, also went to Res) met us at our hostel! She is studying abroad here and lives about a 25 minute walk from us (we are in the city centre and she is at the University). So she took us to a bar around us to meet her friends which was fun, it's sooo nice knowing someone here who already knows the city. Our hostel here is realllly nice, and it's so cheap! Breakfast is included and then we steal bread for lunch with our peanut butter :) You would all be so proud of how cheap we're being! We made a budget for ourselves and we are determined to live on 6 euros a day for food, total not each! We have been looking for apartments and tomorrow we will start "hitting the pavement" to pass out our resumes and ask about jobs.

Yesterday we walked around a bunch, down by the Galway Bay, Galway is so cute! It hasn't been bad weather lately, but I probably just jinxed that. We also got our cell phone up and working which is so nice. Shoot us an email if you'd like to call, free for us! haha Let's see, o then we went to Sheila's apartment and made dinner, her friend from Limerick was in for the night so we went out to this hippie bar and just talked for awhile and then came back and went to bed. Most of the bars here close at 12! Even on weekends...there are a few late bars that close at 2. Definitely different then what Kate and I are used to in Spain! Nothing there got going til 2 and didn't stop til 7am! I guess this is already pretty long so I'll stop so no one gets bored :) Kate says I write like I talk so I hope it's enjoyable and not just rambling! We miss you all so much and we'll post again soon!
-Erin