This could be Rotterdam or Anywhere...

"...Liverpool or Rome
Cause Rotterdam is anywhere
Anywhere alone
Anywhere alone".

The lyrics above is from the song Rotterdam by The Beautiful South, and I heard it the other day on the radio and thought: hmm...that's actually quite right.

On a daily basis it wouldn't actually matter much if I was in Rotterdam, Liverpool, Rome or Dublin, as I really don't get to see that much of the city itself. I know, I've only got myself to blame for that as I should just get out, and take some walks around Dublin. The only thing is, that once I leave the Office the shops are either closed or closing and so are the touristy places. Sure I could go to the Temple Bar area and hang out with the other tourists, but that brings me back to why the song made very much sense to me. It sucks going out alone, even more in a new city.

Luckily I'm not completely stranded here, as I'm sharing an apartment with one of my colleagues, and we're now up to a total of 8 people form the company on projects here in Dublin. We're going out to see the Champions League game tomorrow, and hopefully the guys from the other project will have a bit more spare time after they've gone live in a few days. I doubt that we'll explore any other places than the various pubs Dublin has to offer, but trying to visit them all would probably be quite a challenge :)

I feel sorry for the people who're away on their own, and have to try and get by in a, most likely for them, strange place. If you're in that situation, I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter where you are alone; looking at it like that, all hotel rooms are the same...

There should be a good chance of seeing more of Dublin soon though, as Katrin's coming out this weekend, and we've got the whole weekend _and_ a bank holiday to explore the city and all the sights!

I can't wait 'till Friday