I seem to be unlucky in getting trapped in foreign countries due to air transport problems. Last time it was Bangkok and the Yellow Shirts. This time it is Dublin and the Icelandic volcano. Once it became apparent that the problem was not going to blow over quickly, Nigel and I decided to make the best of it by checking into a city centre hotel for the weekend and doing some tourist stuff.
On Friday night, I managed to locate a music bar that I had recalled from a previous visit several years ago, only 5 minutes walk from our hotel. We ended up having a fun time there talking to the friendly locals, even though I don’t think we heard any music all evening.
Today we took the open topped tourist bus around the sights of Dublin, mainly for Nigel’s benefit as I had done the tour previously. In the afternoon we went on the castle tour, which was one of the attractions that I had not seen before. Nothing too spectacular, but well worth a visit anyhow.
Tonight, back to the bars again and continuing to explore Dublin’s night life.
I will probably spend another two days working in Dublin next week then, assuming nothing has changed with the air travel salutation, implement plan B: taking the ferry back to the UK via Liverpool.
