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- The randomness of Dublin -
Hello friends,
Well, here i am in Dublin Ireland. Had a couple of days to spare before my contiki tour so i thought i'd do something completely spontaneous and fly to dublin for 5 days. :)
Got cheap-ish flights and left on the morning of the 3rd nearly missing what can simply be described as an exhilarating flight full of all of the wonderful turbulence the atmosphere surrounding Ireland has to offer.
What else to tell you? got completely lost off my bus into Dublin and ended up hauling my 20kg up hills and the like for about an hour until i found my hostel. I arrived at the hostel with blisters on my hands, completely flustered from my getting lost and ready for a nanna nap (which i had in my dorm room which i share with 7 other random girls that change each day).
Irish people and Ireland is such a pleasant break from England and English people. Whilst being lost on my way towards the hostel i had people asking if i were lost, yet whilst lugging my large suitcase around London i had men turn and watch me haul it amused by my pain. Chivilry is dead in England, but frankly don't care cos pursuant to the last email, not that impressed by the Brits anyway.
Umm yeah had a lovely yummy dinner the first night, malteaser cheesecake and lots of wine before settling in for my first night. The next day was self indulgent with my shopping for most of the day (fallen in love with a pair of shoes that are way too expensive), eating thai for the first time in 3(??) weeks and doing a little bit of on foot sightseeing.
Got back to the hostel, straightened my hair and was then invited whilst walking around by an 18 year old Irish guy called Brian to play pool!! Yay, finally making friends. So yeah, played pool with a big group of internationals, half speaking french and half speaking english, drinking beer. Twas really cool, but it did have that funny element that bitchy women bring.
You see, everyone, especially women are shocked to find a woman, nay a young woman, travelling by herself. I get the feeling that instead of seeing it as an empowered thing they see it as being strange as if why don't i have girlfriends or my boyfriend to travel with. Anyways given up on the women, men are much cooler...they bring beer and invitations to play pool. YET, whilst we were doing this last night, some american girls from my room came in and although we all tried to include them, they just acted really really strange. In short, really don't understand or care for these trashy international women.
Anyhoo, went partying with a group of American boys (forced 3 out of bed to come, one of which was deathly sick with the flu *shame*) lol. Met up with the some of the Irish people, drank talked and ended up spending the rest of the night partying with a group of (yes this is random) American (californian to be precise) Rugby players and their pommy English friends. Apparently the Aussie accent is a hit with them so i had a good night.
Today I continue my random journeying. Hoping to do a bus tour thingy of the city and a tour of the Guiness factory (had my first sip of guiness last night....not as bad as the 'tastes like oil' description i got from the first group of Americans). Hope ur all well, will return back to London and will Contiki on the 8th/9th. Can't wait but also LOVING it here.
With love from the land of drinking, Ebs xx