how to lose a river.

well, i know it hasn't been long since my last entry, but i just had to share my experience this morning just to prove what an idiot i can truly be.

i had a meeting at the USIT office (the people i got my visa through) at 11am this morning. they said "it's beside the river liffey, just past grafton street" so i thought that was easy enough, as i have been to grafton street many times already.

i got my map out before i left, figured that i could make it there from the tram in about 10 minutes, and set out on my journey at about half ten. i walked down grafton street, past trinity college, down westmoreland, and ended up on o'connell. sure, most of you have no idea where these are, but they are main streets in dublin (and the bridge i was looking for was o'connell bridge, so i thought maybe it would be around o'connell street).

i found myself walking for about half an hour (now very late for my meeting) and saw no signs of a bridge or a river. i asked someone in a store and they said "yeah, it's about half an hour back that way"... pointing to where i had come from.

i gave up on the meeting, and decided that this whole "bridge" and "river" idea was just some cruel joke that irish people play on foreigners, because honestly... how do you walk over a river and not notice?

well, i did.

i walked back heading for the tram, now a little frustrated, and finally...

at the end of grafton street, just past trinity college and westmoreland. i swear, this was NOT there the first time i walked by. but i guess i did, in fact, walk over the bridge, right past the river, and just kept walking. so weird.

in my defense, you can either walk on the sidewalks or right down the middle of the street... i chose the latter... which means that you can't see the river from the street. in my mind, i would have noticed a giant bridge and river.

anyway, once i came to the river, i stopped, sighed, and looked right at the USIT office (pictured here, the first white building on the left with the USIT sign behind the tree). i had obviously missed my meeting, but was easily rescheduled.

i won't miss the river next time.

i also wanted to post some pictures of the apartment, and of morten and preben, because my gracious hosts seem to have been left out of this lovely travel journal.

hopefully the rest of this day goes a bit better than this morning.

written by

girlbits on September 15, 2006 from Dublin, Ireland

from the travel blog: a britt in ireland.

Send a Compliment

hmm...and which one is Morten? Last I saw him he had hair! Nice apartment.Just needs more chairs!

written by jano on September 15, 2006

psht... when i get there, i am so kicking that river's ass!

the river will be all *enter emoshoc here* when it sees me coming.

when I listen to Billy Talent II, it reminds me of you. Justsaying.

written by A .... N......G......I......E duh. on September 15, 2006

comment on this...