Wrapping up my second week here in Dublin, a lot of new things going on - too many to remember them all, really.
But I've been having a great time working next to the Performance QA team, helluva nice guys (and girl).

I've created an account over at Flickr to upload pictures of the city and wherever else I might end up at. Check it out if you're interested, but don't expect to find me on any of those photos - not after all these online privacy articles rolling around, anyway..

A few things about Dublin:

  • It's expensive. For instance, a two way train ticket from one station to the next costs $2.60 Euros.

  • The coffee is terrible, I mean, worst then the ones I had over at the US. Maybe that explains the massive amounts of tea around.

  • The accent is... difficult, but people are generally friendly enough not to get upset after the second or third "Sorry, what ?"

  • Dubliners are quieter than I expected, unless at a pub.

  • Guinness is pretty good, but the lower alcohol percentage is easily balanced by the size of the glasses.

  • Hard to find Levi's around here, bring plenty.

  • O'Connel and Gardiner Street are supposed to be dangerous places to walk around, so I guess you should stay away from.

  • Traffic around City Centre is ridiculous, avoid taxis and use your feet when possible.
  • The funniest thing is that people judge a neighborhood according to its pubs. I've lost count of how many times someone said "That's a good place, there are some decent pubs there.."

    Comments:

    Hahahaha! Perfect! But we need to check live cams and combine the day to make that funny thing ok? o_0

    Formatura chegando vanoni.. hj foi o ensaio! D+... pena q tu n pode estar conosco aqui. To saindo daqui para a janta que o ~weber vai bancar no Fornão hehe ;P No alcohol! ;/

    Depois eu mostro fotos da formatura =]

    aH! Recebi 6 visitas no meu site de br.opensolaris e jp.opensolaris...

    bizarro hahaha =]

    []s! manda noticias seu fanfarrão

    Posted by Cristiano on February 26, 2008 at 02:24 PM PST #

    I was here just to take a look if you posted something about Ireland.
    So your first visit post is about Guinness? You really like beer. hehehe
    :D

    Posted by Silveira Neto on February 26, 2008 at 11:14 PM PST #

    Congrats man! i didn't know that you were working in Ireland, that's fantastic!

    Sorry to ask, but which company are you working for?

    Bye

    Posted by Eduardo Sasso on February 28, 2008 at 12:57 PM PST #

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