Taxi, bus, train, plane, bus, foot work and BED!

3am is well too early to be up and about and eating breakfast, but it was an ungodly act we had to undergo in order to make it to Dublin today. Our plane was leaving Heathrow at 11.30am, but as we had to make our way from Bristol it was quite an ordeal to make it there in time. We caught a taxi to the bus station (me cradling my warm toast in alfoil as we drove along) caught a mega bus for the bargain price of 7 pounds each, onto the tube to Heathrow which thankfully wasn’t as busy as I was anticipating, onto the plane which took only 55 minutes, onto another bus, a quick walk to the bunk house, and oh my goodness, into bed for a small nap!! It was GOOOOOOOD!!

Our first few hours into Dublin and Chris is already hard at the Guinness!

I have to be honest and say that thus far Dublin hasn’t moved me. It looks much like any other UK city, dirty and bleak looking BUT it has to be said that the people are so incredibly friendly and helpful and just wonderful that you feel like you want to stay and chat with them forever (the accent helps!) It also has to be said though that bloody hell Ireland is expensive!! I know that it’s the Euro and that we’ll experience the price else where in Europe but I seriously wasn’t expecting it to be SOOOOOOO bad! We hadn’t eaten all day (apart from my marmite toast at 3am) so we head out for a drink and quick ‘bite’ It cost us 30 Euro for a bowl of Irish Stew, chicken stir fry, a diet coke and a cider… that works out to be about $70! BLOODY HELL!! I reckon we’ll be losing all those unwanted kilos here in Europe and come back skin and bone, begging for a proper meal and in need of “fattening up” So mum, have the Mac Cheese ready!

The backers we’re staying in at the moment is really great. Clean, modern, friendly and despite the fact that we’re sharing our room with 14 other people you don’t really notice it as the room is so large and you have your space. It’s really nice and defiantly the best backer accommodation we’ve had yet.

We don’t really have plans for our stay here in Dublin apart from taking it easy and visiting the all important Jameson and Guinness distilleries. As nice as Dublin is we’re REALLY looking forward to getting out and seeing the natural beauty Ireland has to offer.

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Chris and Emily on May 22, 2009 from Dublin, Ireland

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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