On the road again
On the road again
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13.05.2023 Stay in Dublin

La daabacay: 13.05.2023


In the morning I got everything packed and ready. I had bought a bottle of wine and a box of chocolate for Vincent and Bernie as a goodbye gift.



They told me they were happy to have me and I can visit anytime when I come back to Ireland. And I also got a goodbye gift from them in the form of a new winter hat, a set of playing cards, a goodbye card, and some maps for documents from the horse farm we visited.


Combined with the sleeping bag, the shirts from the Clonmel Kidz Club, and the hoodie I bought back at the husky farm, my bag is ready to explode.



I hope I don't get anything in Iceland.


I also said goodbye to Svea and Hannah and wished them all the best for the rest of their projects. Jade and Sasha were already out and about when I left.


Vincent brought me to the bus stop and the bus actually arrived 10 minutes early. That never happened before.



I got out in the city center of Dublin after a 4-hour bus ride, arms full with all my bags and phone in hand to find my way to the hostel. Even though I was asked by 3 different people if I had any spare change or if I could buy them some food.



Thankfully, the hostel was very close and I was able to check in with no problems. Then the man at the desk gave me a kind of complicated and confusing description of how to get to my room. But he said that it would be fine since there were signs everywhere.



I thought it couldn't be that hard to find a room... Right?


This hostel is massive, it seems almost impossible just how big this hostel is. There are stairs, rooms, corners, and turns everywhere. I was thinking of a small hostel in the middle of Dublin, but I had entered a maze.



Every wall was decorated with different artwork and there were places where you would come across a bunch of people walking around or places where there was nobody.



It felt like I could spend the entire day in the hostel and still would not have seen every corner of it.


They also offered me to join a pub crawl which I did not do.



Instead, I walked through Dublin just going to wherever seemed interesting, I found a very cool-looking board game store, a Lego store, city parks, ancient buildings.



After dinner, I found a place where you could play board games that actually turned out to be a hostel. If I had known that sooner, I would have probably stayed there instead.



But I still played a round of Catan with a guy named Will who is also a huge D&D fan since he has all the dice tattooed on his back.


Afterwards, I headed back to my hostel and got ready to sleep. My flight leaves at 12:15 tomorrow so I don't have to rush in the morning.


Jawaab (2)

Roland
Nou, dat klinkt toch heel gezellig daar in Dublin! Daar had je ook nog wel wat langer willen blijven zeker? Hele goeie reis zometeen en veel plezier ook in Ijsland. Hele dikke kus van ons XXX

willeke
Hallo Nick, weer mooie foto's en een leuk afscheid van Vincent en Bernie, en de andere mensen. Ik wens je een hele goede reis vandaag, en ben benieuwd naar je volgende bestemming .Knuffel Oma xxx.