From information online and by looking at maps it’s been well documented that UL is situated in the Castletroy suburb of Limerick.  Today we witnessed that first hand when we got on the bus to head downtown and ended up getting off after only a few blocks because there were so many shopping outlets closeby.

Our first stop was a grocery store, and a real one to boot.  We found enough food to last us an entire week (despite Katherine’s never-ending hunger) and we spent less than €50.  At this rate we’ll save enough to take another trip later on in the semester.  More to come on our trip-taking schedule later.

After returning the food we went back to suburbia and found a large sports store, large electronics store, Wal-Mart-type store, and a Sears-type store.  It felt, for a few minutes, like we were back in America, home of capitalism.  I knew in two days I’d be back on campus seeing an abundance of ‘UL Socialist Youth’ flyers.

We have failed again at finding an adequate beverage.  Katherine picked out a 3 liter jug of orange juice (non-carbonated), hoping it would be better than the lemonade – which we’ve just recently finished off.  Judging from the sound Katherine made after drinking her first sip I knew this orange juice didn’t live up to its billing either.  It tastes more like grapefruit juice than anything else and diluting it with water makes it tolerable.  Three liters later we’ll try again.