After last year's travel frenzy, 2009 has started on a slightly quieter note (not quieter in general just in the number of trips planned). The dreaded credit crunch, the plummeting uk pound and the need to be a little bit financially responsible has meant that I'm spending more weekends in the UK and less running around the continent. But me being me, incapable of staying in one place for too long, when a couple of friends mentioned a whirlwind trip to the capital of the Emerald Isle, I had to say yes. After the hassle of an early, early start involving buses, no buses, taxis, more buses and then Ryanair (Ruin Air to me) we arrived in Dublin about mid morning Saturday and spirits that budget airlines had attempted to crush were raised again. I always
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