Holy crap this game is amazing! o_o
I went with a female Nord (skyrim is the land of the Nords) named her Saga. I'm level 17 atm, been focusing on one handed, destruction, speech, conjuration. I would normally go lock picking but seeing as I can pick even the master locks at low level already I'm not too worried about prioritizing that just yet. I've been selling off all my extra gear and loot, make a ton of gold that way. I never did much of that in Oblivion due to being a Breton and having no strength to carry extra stuff.
At first I thought it was pretty dull after the intro and initial dungeon, but after stepping onto the plains on the way to Whiterun at night, seeing the majesty mountains looming over me, giant moon rising just behind, it took my breath away seriously. After dinking around at the pub in Whiterun and doing a quest for the companions (deciding not to turn into what they are just yet) and getting the sap from an ancient tree in a giant cave to make the tree in town grow I set out on a long journey to the College of Winterhold. Got chased by some giants and woolly mammoths on the way. At one point a fox started following me. :3
Joined the school when I got there and did some grunt work. Later on went to the Bard college festival and burned the king which was great. Found a sunken ship off the coast and got destroyed by some crazy powerful vampires. Did a crap load of other awesome stuff, don't want to spoil anything cool. But safe to say I hardly scratched the surface after 20 hours of playing.
Finally started the main quest now. Killed a dragon. Met the monks on the top of the mountain. The shouts are so much damn fun! I just have unrelenting force and whirlwind sprint so far. Also just bought a small house in Whiterun and organized all my gear and books on the shelfs. After beating the first dragon they gave me a servant that lives there. She keeps asking if she can come with me, watches me sleep and is just creepy in general. Anyway
The best part of the game though? THE ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC AND SOUNDS!!