As with Berlin, I wanted to go back to Dublin and the last time I went was for my birthday in 2015 when Jamie and I were still together (or putting on a happy face to avoid questions :p).
Whilst those memories were good, I wanted to make some solo ones too.
You can read about that last trip here.
I decided since Ireland didn’t require any quarantine or testing and we didn’t require any of that coming home (we are part of the Common Travel Area) I thought it was a no brainer and I have wanted to go back to Dublin since 2015.
I booked my flights but this time I didn’t book a seat or priority. I got the fare for about £20 return. The return ticket to the airport on the train was more expensive – for the cheap seats in the back: THIS IS WHY I DON’T DO DOMESTIC TRAVEL.
The only thing that bugged me was that I couldn’t check in until 24 hours before the flight left and my OCD (super organised) self didn’t like that because I couldn’t see the pretty Ryanair blue in my Apple wallet and couldn’t put it in my calendar. Ask my friends and they’ll tell you how OCD (super organised) I am and how much it probably bugs them. Haha.
I didn’t plan leaving for this trip very well because I finished work at 05:30 and the train was at 10:15. I managed about 3 hours sleep. You know what though: I wouldn’t do it any other way and I suspect my friends wouldn’t expect anything else from me either.
The journey to the airport and the flight was pretty uneventful. I didn’t get a window seat on the way there (the downside of not buying a seat) but that was ok. It wasn’t enough time to have a sleep either.
I got to Dublin and out of the airport in not a lot of time at all and headed for the bus. Slightly raining but I didn’t care. I wasn’t in PTown. One thing I like about Dublin is that you can get a city bus from the airport to the city centre and it only costs €3.30 each way.
Minus the blip on day three, the rest of the trip was really good. I thoroughly recommend the Cliffs of Moher if you do get a chance to go to Ireland.
I got to Stansted and we had to get a bus to the terminal – turns out it was because we didn’t need to go through immigration because we came back from the Common Travel Area. Now that I think about it, that would be why we didn’t have to do that at East Midlands. Only taken 6.5 years for that to make sense!!!
I sat at the station awaiting the train home and then at the bus station for about 30 minutes.
I was so glad to be home and in my safe space.
View all of my Dublin pictures [slink k=”dubpics” c=”#ff8200″]here[/slink].
View all of my Cliffs of Moher pictures [slink k=”dubpics” c=”#ff8200″]here[/slink].
View all of my Galway pictures [slink k=”dubpics” c=”#ff8200″]here[/slink].
Total steps: 43,965
Total miles: 21.2