My Dublin

I've been living here, in Dublin for almost six months. My life changed dramaticaly but I have no regrets. My husband and me are starting to have the lifestyle that we wanted to have, step by step.

I don't love Dublin but I like Dublin, especially the city centre. If it is about love, I love Barcelona. :)

I think that everybody agrees the fact that weather is very important for our lives. So, WEATHER is what I dislike the most here, in Dublin. I have to carry wityh me the umbrella all the time. I have a small, black umbrella that fits well in my bag but it is no good for the strong windy days. 80% of the time, the sky is grey and it rains, and probably that's way the city seems so different when it's sunny. I almost feel that it's a completely different city! And even people seem to have different faces and smiles. Don't get me wrong, Irish people hate the weather in here, too. It happened to me to walk on the street and people I didn't know to say to me suddenly on the street, just like that "It's a lovely weather today, isn't it?" and with a big smile on their faces.

I also like that Dublin is full of foreign people, it is a very cosmopolitan city. You can hear Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian, Chinesse, Portuguese and Romanian, of course, every day. I can't tell you what's the worst accent I've ever heard but for sure, each one of us, foreign people in Dublin, have a distinctive one.

I like the diversity I find in here. Food stores, ethnic restaurants, a lot of shopping centers.

I like to watch TV because some of my favourites tv programmes and movies that I used to watch in my country are in here, too, Grey's Anatomy or Prison Break. And even more. I like the fact there is no violence at the news, at all. Nothing shocks me, it is just information.

I like the city centre in the morning. Everybody rushes to work, it is crowded, everything it is on the move, people, cars, buses...I like that.

I like the city coast with all that little sea places, Howth, Malahide, Bray, Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire...I like the smell, it smells like sea..

I like Irish people...everybody is polite and relaxed. Noone is stressed. If you see someone that is stressed because of work or money, definitely that person is not Irish. :)

Actually there is no my Dublin. And my heart does not beat in here. My heart only beats when I am rushing to go home from work, wherever my home is.