(Thursday 3/24 PM}
Overseas travel is always a little grueling. This trip was better than most with a short layover between flights at Dulles in Washington D.C. We flew the Friendly Skies of United.
We arrived at DUB at 9:30 this morning. One big problem: our phones both refuse to make calls using our Vodaphone SIMs. Oh no! Not another trip to the Apple Store!! 😂 However, we can still do text messages, email, and WhatsApp so we'll just do that for now.
We're staying just south and east of downtown in an area called Ballsbridge, traditionally Dublin's "Embassy Row." In fact, the Chinese embassy is just across the street.
Our digs, the Clayton Hotel on Merrion Road, has the distinction of being the former British Embassy. However, the Brits had to abandon the place and build a new embassy (too ugly for a photo; envision a cement cellblock) next door because the building wasn't bomb-proof.
Strangely, the embassy/former girl's school/Clayton building is loaded with Masonic symbols...and in a ecumenical gesture, one prominent Star of David glass window high up on the front of the building.
Tomorrow, as luck would have it is Good Friday. And that means that many shops and ALL the pubs will be closed. Don't ever say there's no such thing as travel karma. Oh well, at least we'll be able to explore the public transit options--unless there's a strike (which is anticipated.) Sigh!
I'm just glad you made to your destination safely. Enjoy your trip.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that you made the trip without incident. Just about the time you left DC and were winging your way across the Atlantic, John and I were attending a Loreena McKinnett concert in PDX. If you do not know her, she performs Celtic music and writes more of her own. The focus that night was on Ireland and we thought it was a most appropriate as a send off. How is your weather??
ReplyDeleteGeneral question: are pictures showing up in these posts for anyone? We're putting pics in but they seem to disappear! Anyone familiar with Blogger and/or have a fix? �� Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhen I checked the blog late this morning the pictures were not there but lo and behold they are here now!
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