1300 hrs.... "house keeping!" Damn, we slept til 1! I jumped out of bed and let the cleaning crew know we were still here. Then called the front desk to see when check out was...it was at 1200. We rushed to pack our stuff and get out. No shower, just a quick refresh and tooth brushing and we were out the door heading to the bus. We hopped on the bus to downtown again. While on the bus we noticed the "Steve Martin tantrum scene" location, which was only a mile away from the actual one. It was now funny....
Once downtown again, we walked around a while and found this Church, which turned out to be Dublin Castle. We took a few pics and kept on moving...
We both wanted to find the Bald Barista, a local coffee shop we had seen the day prior. Luckily, and quite accidentally we walked right to it. We found it, they had great coffee and free WiFi, so we relaxed and did our thing for a few hours there. Our goal was to see if Servas hosts outside Dublin had responded and were available for us. Unfortunately, everyone was gone or ill or already hosting. So we started checking Servas availability within Dublin or any nearby locations. The time went by with no luck, so we decided to check affordable hotels, and hostels...everything was booked full. In a poetic twist, we later found out a boy band called Take That, was in town causing all our misfortune. TAKE THAT! At this point we had no place to stay, and it was pouring down rain...TAKE THAT! Plan B...we checked hostels in Cork, which is a couple hours southwest of Dublin, near the coast. They had plenty of rooms, and lucky for us no boy bands were playing there. We booked a private room at Sheilas Hostel. Meanwhile we were checking the schedules for Cork-bound trains. A train was leaving at 21:00hrs, and it was 19:30 when we decided to buy the tickets. After a 40-minute walk to the station, we made it there in plenty of time. The train ride was nice and relaxing.
Once downtown again, we walked around a while and found this Church, which turned out to be Dublin Castle. We took a few pics and kept on moving...
And this nice little park...
We both wanted to find the Bald Barista, a local coffee shop we had seen the day prior. Luckily, and quite accidentally we walked right to it. We found it, they had great coffee and free WiFi, so we relaxed and did our thing for a few hours there. Our goal was to see if Servas hosts outside Dublin had responded and were available for us. Unfortunately, everyone was gone or ill or already hosting. So we started checking Servas availability within Dublin or any nearby locations. The time went by with no luck, so we decided to check affordable hotels, and hostels...everything was booked full. In a poetic twist, we later found out a boy band called Take That, was in town causing all our misfortune. TAKE THAT! At this point we had no place to stay, and it was pouring down rain...TAKE THAT! Plan B...we checked hostels in Cork, which is a couple hours southwest of Dublin, near the coast. They had plenty of rooms, and lucky for us no boy bands were playing there. We booked a private room at Sheilas Hostel. Meanwhile we were checking the schedules for Cork-bound trains. A train was leaving at 21:00hrs, and it was 19:30 when we decided to buy the tickets. After a 40-minute walk to the station, we made it there in plenty of time. The train ride was nice and relaxing.
At the train station, we noticed an advertisement for the OBAMA BURGER at Supermac's. We don't have these in U S and A. Might this be his secret plan to pay down the fourteen trillion-dollar deficit? With Cheeseburgers? He can't be going around selling cheeseburgers while promoting universal health care. I just don't think this will work... we didn't buy one.
before getting on the train, I was evaluating the usefulness of the Rick Steves Travel book.
You can clearly see my evaluation.
Below is the only pic from the train to Cork. Not the best.
~Kale
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