Badkarma25 said:
things to bring to dublin because you can't get them there or because they are RIDICULOUSLY expensive, in no particular order:
your preferred brand of deodorant/antiperspirant (bad selection), razor blades (horribly expensive), contact lens solution (gold is cheaper), peanut butter, kraft dinner, your preferred soap (if you are fussy about that, cuz you won't get irish spring in ireland!)
hmmmm....i konw there's more but i cant think of it right now.....that's a start anyway
If you need any medications, try to bring a supply since drugs are quite expensive here. Also, if you have any allergies, and need to use specific products like soaps and shampoos, do bring those - I always bring my own laundry detergent, which is ridiculous on the face of it, but everything here makes me itch (or at least everything I have tried). You can't seem to get unscented deodorant and soaps here, so if this is an issue, pack your own. I also bring lots of dental floss - lightweight, and well worth bringing.
If you or your wife bake, bring measuring cups and spoons, since baking here is largely done by weight, and all your recipes will be either metric or use American measures, while all the measuring cups here are either metric or Imperial (and it does make a difference). On the same note, I put all the recipes I use regularly on a CD this year, so now I don't have to have my books and file box here. If you bake, bring vanilla - very expensive, and hard to find the real thing.
Don't bother bringing textbooks, unless you have books already that are up to date and you really like for physiology, anatomy, biochem and histology. Check the med society web site at UCC for book suggestions and if you have any of the suggested texts bring them but otherwise don't bother (ucc.ie, click on current students, then click clubs and societies, click med soc, then click your year and look at "advice"). Books are generally cheaper here. Hope this helps. Cheers
