Finally we see rain in Dublin and it is just in time to
farewell us. After grabbing a quick bite to eat we headed off to the end of the
street in Temple Bar to catch the aircoach to Dublin airport. Thankfully we
only needed to wait 5 minutes or so as the rain was starting to pick up and
there is no shelter or awnings on the streets here. There is Wi-Fi everywhere
here – even on the buses!
We checked our baggage in at the airport and then waited in
the long queue to get through security which was when I realised that I had
forgotten to stow my mini swiss army knife in my checked in luggage. Oh no – a confiscation
for sure! Thankfully the security dude was much more concerned with my bottle
of water which he confiscated and didn’t worry about the knife. Yay! The flight
was delayed for an hour but we were in no real hurry and I took the opportunity
of the free Wi-Fi to update the blog.
Carly got her first glimpse of the mother country as we
circled London and landed at Heathrow. She could see the London Eye and other
landmarks as we came in to land. After some confusion at the airport on how we
would proceed, we decided to brave the Underground and make our own way to the
hotel. The first guy I approached said he could transfer us for £79,
another lady offered £45 transfer on a shuttle bus…and the underground was £5.50
each, took us directly to our station without needing to change and took only
about 20 minutes. It was then a 5 minute walk to the hotel – much better
option!
After checking in, we got directions to a local Launderette
and spent an hour or two there washing and drying just about all our clothes.
It was so worth it! We also got to explore a bit and wander the streets of
Hammersmith – very nice. Carley Ann (Simpie) came and met us and we went out
for a great meal at a local pub – the Swan. By this time it had started raining
and Carley says that it rains here every day – the only thing she doesn’t like
about London. We planned with Carley what we would do when we return to London
in about a month and generally caught up on her news.
So it was a fairly early night as we have to put our
suitcases out at 6.30am tomorrow. Ready for our European adventure!
(Got a text message at 12.30pm with my Uni results from last
trimester – 2 x High Distinctions (Philosophy 96 and Sports Science 90) – Yay!)
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