Gettin' Domesticated

Good Evening~

Well folks, quite a few things have happened since my last post. First and most importantly, Sheila and I moved in to our new apartment in Dublin! We're living in Ranelagh, which is technically outside of the city, but still considered Dublin. It's an area with a ton of restaurants and pubs that obviously.. we just can't wait to try out.

We got to move in Friday morning. So we signed the lease, unpacked and headed out for some lunch. We found a really great place right in the village that had awesome sandwiches (I had a pesto goat cheese burger-- yea I know, who am I?) We didn't have internet for the rest of the day, so we just hung out and settled in before we headed out to dinner and to check out McSorley's that everyone had been telling us about. We chatted with some locals and had a few pints, it was a good time.

Poppin Champagne to celebrate being roommates

 Saturday, we did some grocery shopping and even some laundry. Let me tell ya, peeps.. a good washer and dryer is most definitely something I will not take for granted ever again. We have a "combo" here in our apartment, but the dryer aspect is actually a giant joke.

Drying laundry AFTER it came out of the "dryer"

That night we headed to Copper Face Jack's which was not as packed as we had heard it would be, but we found out it's because this weekend was a Bank Holiday so everything was less crowded than normal because most people headed out to the country to visit family, etc. We had a great time! It's located in the city centre which is about 3 stops from us on the Luas (tram system.)

Sunday, we laid low for the most part. We watched a lot of Netflix as we had perhaps enjoyed ourselves a bit too much the night before haha. We did some additional shopping to get some pots, pans, etc. so we could maybe begin to be domesticated and cook dinner haha.

Makin friends with neighbors

Today we were a bit unsure of what we should do so we decided what better time to visit the Guinness Storehouse! After using Google Maps, we realized it was about 20 minutes from the Luas Stop in town so we'd just walk it. Well.. that 20 minute walk turned into over an hour as we wandered the streets trying to navigate. Lo and behold, we FOUND IT. We can only use our phones on Wifi over here so we were pretty proud of ourselves even though it took us a bit longer than expected. We enjoyed the walk, got some exercise and got our bearings just a bit more haha.

Gravity Bar at the Guinness Storehouse!

Jay chillin

Since it is of course Cinco de Mayo, we went to a burrito place so we could celebrate. Unfortunately there weren't any margaritas or Coronas to be had, but the burritos got the job done for sure.

The rest of the week shall be dedicated to sorting out bin collection, opening a bank account (so we can actually pay bills for everything ie: Internet, Electric, Rent.. ya know.. no big deal) and job hunting. It's proving to be a bit more complicated than anticipated so fingers crossed we figure it all out sooner rather than later. We've also adapted to being cavewomen/ living under blankets in order to save money. Electricity operates everything over here.. lights, water, heat, the stove, so we're trying to conserve everything we can.. to save money for more important things.. like clothes and alcohol haha.

Well that's it for now! Slowly, but surely, we're gettin the hang of it.

Love to all at home,
Paige xx