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Europe » Ireland » County Dublin September 7th 2006

My trip to Dublin couldn’t have got off to a worse start, the taxi I was in broke down on the way to London Gatwick, they had no spare taxi so I had to wait by the side of the motorway and the breakdown down people took ages. Net Result, I missed my flight Anyway, Arrived at Dublin Airport 4 hours later and £104 odd lighter. Jumped on a bus which took me as far as Connery Train Station in the city centre where I jumped in a taxi to take me to my hostel, Abbey Court The Taxi driver started to tell me about his fear of flying and asked me to write a letter to his travel agent to cancel a flight to Orlando, which i thought was a tad weird but did it ... read more
Whiskey Tour
Clardon Hotel

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest June 5th 2006

Friday afternoon and it has been raining all day. I have flown across Europe to experience the Central European summer and its raining. If I wanted Rain I would have stayed at home and sorry bout the length of this entry as I haven’t been able to get to a computer as the one in the hostel is always down and runs on Linux making putting pictures on impossible for me After writing my last blog I wondered around Budapest for a bit, mindful that I had to meet my Hungarian friend Viktor at his university to help him in his job training his team. I wondered upon the Basicilla of St Stephen which was a huge grand church. I walked around and it was pretty cool. The best features were seeing the right hand of ... read more
Budavari Labirintus
About 65 Cans and a Few Bottles of Wine Later
Margaret Island

Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest June 2nd 2006

Right ... finally arrived however not without some issues Firstly, my dad dropped me off at London Heathrow 4 hours before my flight was due to fly, can you imagine how bored I was ... I eventually checked in and headed for the nearest pub and gladly consumed a few pints before boarding my flight. The flight went smoothly enough.. by the time i got my bags it was past 00.00 Hungarian time and having foreseen this i decided to sleep in the airport, this was a bad mistake. Laying down on the row of chairs, i closed my eyes and tried to sleep but I couldn’t. All I can say is thank god for my IPod which whittled away the hours... Anyway 7.00 rolled around and i decided to leave the airport for my hostel, ... read more




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