Dublin for a laugh

Happy April fools day!

This promises to be an exciting day if yesterday was anything to go by. I awoke at 5 am needing to catch a plane to Dublin at 7:50. But I had forgotten to online check in (eg the computer labs were closed and the printers were all broken) so I was forced to get to the airport by 6:00am. I did this and reserved my seat. I comfortably sat in the lounge watching the sun rise over Newcastle reading the Guardian. When the rest of my party arrived. Now traveling in parties is good and bad. Good you don’t have to make every decision for your self- where we were staying and how long had been decided we just had to front up with the money. Bad= no one wanted to take charge. But more on that later.

After an insanely short crossing to Dublin from Newcastle we strode out into Dublin city at the respectable 9am, with some of us wanting breakfast and some of us wanting to sightsee.(see above for the problem) at 1 pm we had been fed and strolled around; sight seen and had thus formulated a small plan. We would go to the Jamieson’s Whisky factory and take part in their tour; while those who did not could go to the park- it was a great sunny day.

Jamison’s was a great joy and introduced the 40 people on the tour to the wonderful world of whisky

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DINNER

After copious games of UNO we went out. I suggested a Bar that had been suggested by one of the other travelers supervisors as a bar for live music (with me so far). We headed for the bar and found it packed to the rafters with merry makers but no music. We went out side. I was the last to leave and on the way out saw a guitarist and others in a small corner chatting; we had caught them in a lul. The group resolved to go on to the next bar- I went back and joined in the session on my bones and spoons (well I had purloined them from the Hostels kitchen but they were mine for the night!) the session went until 12 and I found myself walking home to the hostel alone in Dublin on april fools day. Serves me right I was the first one home.

What happend the next day