Hostel Life

Hostelling is full of ups and downs. If I was on vacation, being in a hostel would be loads of craic (fun), however, if you like sleeping, hostelling can suck. On Monday night, I was in an 8 person room and it was nice an quite until 3am. At 3am, 3 LOUD German people came into the room, turned on all the lights and began talking. Urgh.
On Tuesday morning, I packed up all my stuff, dragged it down 3 flights of stairs and then disappeared to do some observations at the chiropractic clinic. When I came back, I was placed in a new room and I dragged my stuff back up another 4 flights of stairs. Again, I was placed in an 8 person room. I spoke with a German guy for a bit, then went off to bed. This room was much better. People were actually trying to be quite when they came back. The lights stayed off and I actually got some sleep.
On Wednesday morning, I packed my stuff up again and prepared to changed rooms. This time, I was placed in a 6 person room with some CRAZY italians. They were lots of fun. I ended up going out to Temple Bar with them for a drink. It was interesing b/c they could barely speak english and I spoke zero Italian, but they were great.
On Thrusday, I had to change hostels because there were no beds left. So, I packed up my stuff and moved down the street to another hostel. This hostel was terrible. It was like a maze and there were 6 flights of stairs to go up and down. Thankfully, someone who was watching me drag my suitcase up 2 flights of stairs, decided that he would bring it up the rest of the way. This time, I shared a room with 20 people. While I didn't like the actually look of the hostel, the people in it were really nice. I met a few French people and j'ai parle en francais, which as always fun for me. As you can imagine, sleeping in a room with 20 other people is quite difficult. I probably woke up about 100 times. Also, unlike the other hostels that I have stayed in, this one doesn't provide blankets. So, I got an extra sheet with sleep in but it was still cold. Yay for my fav Lulu Lemon sweater that kept me kinda warm. This morning, I went back to my old hostel and I am booked in there until wednesday.

I have been glued to daft, which is Ireland's housing website. I've seen 5 place so far but it is really expensive to find housing and very difficult. Each place that I visit, 15 people are already waiting there. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I find a place soon! I now appreciate all the things I used to have.....like running hot water....or a shower that stays on for more than 15 seconds!