Thursday, October 7, 2010

So what's up with Ireland?

So I'm sitting here at work and figured I would talk a little about life here in Ireland.

For those few that have stayed in Denmark and Ireland, the differences should be obvious, but to others it might not.

1: Driving.
Taxis, busses and other vehicular forms of transportation is scary as hell here in Ireland. This is not so much due to the drivers, but more the roads. In denmark, a polite way of describing the size of irish roads would be "limited". A less polite way to describe them could be goddamn fucking tiny.

I'm not kidding either, on major roads, two busses passing each other by is like threading a needle. While wearing steel gauntlets. That are on fire.
Frickin' terrifying it is.

2:  Stores.
In Denmark, you have these tiny little kiosks all over the place, it's rare in a city be more than 15min walk from at least one of them. And then 20min from the nearest day-to-day store.

In Ireland the stores are kiosks, there are twice as many of them and you can buy hot food in each of them. And the big stores/malls? Are the size of regular stores in Denmark. Weird shit.

3: Personality:
Personality-wise it isn't actually all that different. Some people in Ireland are more inclined to exchange a polite greeting, but that's it. The vaunted irish hospitality is a legend I have yet to encounter.


That's it for me for now, see ya all on the bounce!

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