Re: missing Dublin
Do/did you miss home? no
What did/do you miss? believe it or not, no one really, to busy trying to enjoy myself.
Some food items - Batch Bread, a decent rasher and sausage.Decent cup of tea, real cream cakes..
Advantages and disadvantages?
Weather,meet new cultures/people, do things and experience things that you could/would not experience at home.
jDisadvanatages- Job/Money can possibly be a disadvantage if you do not have enough, then again at times it is better as you have to live on your wits..
Where have you lived?
Australia
Would you recomend living abroad at some stage?
Always, no mater what, it is worth it just for the experience
Did you like Dublin when you came back?
No change, though changes have happened at a more rapid pace over the last few years. The one thing about travelling abroad, you catch a bug for travelling then, so sometimes it is just a short stop at home and then on to the next adventure abroad.
For all its ills, house prices, transport, overcharging etc. surely Dublin is a better place than we let on?
Dublin is fine, it is the bloody politicians that have Ireland like a banana republic. Ireland is over priced at the moment, go Paris and they charge €8 a pint, the same in Copenhagen, it is true you can not judge life by the price of a pint, cities have there advantages and disadvantages just like anywhere, what makes Dublin/Ireland great is it's people.
Do we 'down' Ireland too much?
We complain too much about Ireland, but as a nation we do not complain about the real things, corruption, lack of competition..etc
Or is it overrated?
Depend what you are taking about, if it is Bohs, yes .....come on the Hoops
Just curious as to whether or not people actually miss Dublin when they go away?
You would miss people before you would miss a place..