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Two Finnish girls coming to Galway - we need halp!
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Haha well I don't know how to pronounce "gallstones" so...
Oh well I guess I'll figure it out when I get there. I just don't want to be that moron who doesn't even know how to pronounce the city's name where they're in. 
Don't worry, as far as we're concerned you come from a land of unpronouncable place names.0 -
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There are allot of foreign students in Galway so I suppose we've had a better class of foreigner. I really don't think two Finish women will have any problems in Galway, I'd say most people would agree that there's a shocking lack of young Finish women in Galway.
Haha well wait till we get there, you'll all agree two in one city is plenty. Nah just kidding, we really thought though when deciding between Cork, Galway and Dublin at one point that Galway wouldn't have many or any foreign people and that's really what we're trying to do, get away from Finnish people. 19 years of fake modesty and chronic shyness is enough for anyone. :rolleyes: 0 -
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Don't worry I'm sure you'll leave Galway completely corrupted and more than likely pick up many bad habits in the process.Haha well wait till we get there, you'll all agree two in one city is plenty. Nah just kidding, we really thought though when deciding between Cork, Galway and Dublin at one point that Galway wouldn't have many or any foreign people and that's really what we're trying to do, get away from Finnish people. 19 years of fake modesty and chronic shyness is enough for anyone. :rolleyes:
Good call on avoiding Dublin too, it's a horrible place.0 -
Don't worry I'm sure you'll leave Galway completely corrupted and more than likely pick up many bad habits in the process.
Good call on avoiding Dublin too, it's a horrible place.
Yep we figured that all the big cities are pretty much alike, you don't really see the real people there. If I wanted to meet chinese and polish people, I'd go to China or Poland. No offence to people in Dublin though.
I have one bad habit to learn, I'm trying to learn to like beer. I just realized that what am I doing, going to Ireland and not liking beer? I've heard how hard it is to find cider in Irish pubs, and since Ireland probably is the beer capital of the world, I really just need to suck it up and practice until I like it. 0 -
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Haha well I guess the person who told me that has never actually been to an Irish pub. That's good to hear though, now I don't have to force myself to drink beer. I haven't tried Guinness, it looks really good but it's really expensive here and someone said it's not even the original one, but I don't know about that. We only have this kind of beer: http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Real_Ale_2004-05-09_cropped.jpg I don't really know what it's called in beer language, but I think it tastes like cat pee.
And yeah I agree, I'll probably prefer the weather in Ireland, here it gets super cold, sometimes it's -30 C. But it's really humid in Ireland isn't it? That's going to take time to get used to, here it's the exact opposite at winter. Really dry and cold.0 -
Your making an excellent choice coming to Galway, most welcoming city in Ireland by far but then I suppose I'm bias!!
Nightlife wise... Galway in the summer is excellent, for the winter all the students are back so the pubs and clubs are full most nights during the week... You'll never have a boring night in Galway. I cant wait to get back to college and start it all over again
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Guinness is one of the cheaper drinks in Irish pubs. Plus the 250th anniversary is this year so there will be loads of promotions, I think there's even a thread somewhere here talking about it.
That's cool, so how much is a pint? Here it's about 4-5 euros, though I'm not sure if it's the same size as in Ireland. We're trying to figure out our budget and based on what I've read, the pubs and clubs are way more expensive than here. :eek: And here I though that our 5 euro entrance fee was too much. 0 -
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The price of clubs here is ridiculous and their not nearly worth the money. Fortunately there's enough craic on the street in Galway that you never have to go near them and allot of pubs stay open as long as the clubs so there's even less point in going to them.That's cool, so how much is a pint? Here it's about 4-5 euros, though I'm not sure if it's the same size as in Ireland. We're trying to figure out our budget and based on what I've read, the pubs and clubs are way more expensive than here. :eek: And here I though that our 5 euro entrance fee was too much.
Take out drink is pretty cheap though.0 -
The price of clubs here is ridiculous and their not nearly worth the money. Fortunately there's enough craic on the street in Galway that you never have to go near them and allot of pubs stay open as long as the clubs so there's even less point in going to them.
Take out drink is pretty cheap though.
Okay that's good to know. We really don't have pubs here, only clubs and then some wannabe Irish-pubs, so that's why it's hard to imagine not going to the clubs. But I'm sure I'll like the pubs more since I'll actually be able to talk there instead of yelling. 0 -
Not likely, Irish pubs are very loud, often have music blaring and full to the brim with people. That's changing now thanks to the recession though, in fact thanks to the recession you couldn't have picked a better time to come to Ireland.Okay that's good to know. We really don't have pubs here, only clubs and then some wannabe Irish-pubs, so that's why it's hard to imagine not going to the clubs. But I'm sure I'll like the pubs more since I'll actually be able to talk there instead of yelling.0 -
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Not as over priced anymore. This country badly needed this recession to bring us back down to earth. Other than all the unemployment it's great.
Oh I see. Well I guess it's good someone's happy about recession. I wish that was happening here too, we just have unemployment and higher prices. :rolleyes: 0 -
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do you like rain?! cause its been raining here constantly since 10am and this is our "summer"!
I loooove rain, we had a really warm summer with maybe five rainy days and I hated it, I'm not a big fan of summer! I'll just buy some waterproof makeup and I'm good to go.
Oh and sells, thanks for the tips, I'll try that website! I guess Ireland's like Finland when it comes to finding jobs, 9 out of 10 jobs aren't on the internet. :rolleyes:
So what's the weather going to be like in October or November? How cold will it get? I'm trying to figure out what to bring with me. 0 -
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