The view from the train wasn't as romantic as the last post, sorry :( Pretty dreary countryside too. The black dots on the lower half of the pic belong to the plastic uh, frame thing they have on the rail car windows. Yeah.
So, yes. I am back from Dublin. Better trip than last time - nicer hotel too. The type of hotel that's got high notions about itself, but has no tea/coffee-making facilities in the room and CHARGES you for their wifi. Odd.
Breakfast was damn well interesting too! In an effort to be 'continental' [never a good sign in a hotel], I was served a 'cold meat platter' when by right I should have been sitting down to rashers, sausages and eggs and a heartattack.
Check out that plate on the left - that's ham, chorizo, salami and a branch of forrest :P It was interesting though, having those meats for breakfast - very German or continental, so I guess the hotel is spot-on. If you peer into the reflections on the coffee pot hard enough, you can probably make out me in my pink undies taking the pic with my phone :P
The view from the hotel room was... uninspiring too. No breathtaking sunrises this time :(
Yeah.
Oh! And Heuston Train Station in Dublin is such a bag of cats :D As in, it tries to be all modern and airy and NEW and CURRENT and SNAZZY...
...but if you take a left and head off the platforms to buy a ticket...
...instant history and architecture, oh my!
And then after three hours on a train and one too many Galaxy bars, the familiar sights of home greeted me. Then I looked at the receipts I had for the trip and discovered this one:
Yes, the cafe was called 'The Galway Hooker'. Yes, I have to submit that to HR. Yes, a G&T and a cappuchino costs €8.60 in this country. I know.
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