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Aye to be sure, to be sure. Our arrival in Dublin was a breath of fresh air. The first thing we did was approach the information desk and ask how to get into town, and the guy actually told us how to get into town. This has not been our experience for a while. We get a lot of "there's nothing I can do" or "my hands are tied" when we come up agaisnt problems. But this guy was actually helpful AND nice. He directed us to the bus stops at the front of the airport where the bus driver gave us all the help we needed, without being even being asked. When the ticket machine gave us the wrong ticket, he got off the bus and told us the we can use that ticket to get back to the airport and showed us the right ones to use. Very nice people here. The bus driver then got out of his seat to tell us that we needed to get off at this stop and pointed us to the connecting stop. I could get used to this.
The main thing I noticed about Dublin, and Irish people are not going to like this, was how much like England it was. This was my first impression anyway. It has the same shops, the same type of streets, the same cars and similar weather, but the people are so friendly and willing to have a laugh. On our firs night we had dinner in an Irish pub. Now, normally I would avoid Irish pubs like the plague when travelling, but since this was actually in Ireland I thought I would make an exception. I guess you would just call it a pub, and it was just like a pub. The Irish pubs that are common around the world are a little over the top I think, with shamrocks everywhere and Whiskey in the Jar being played every second song. The people in the pub were friendly and the food was pretty good too. The only down side was the price. Ireland is quite expensive, another similiarity to England.
The next day we did all the touristy type things, O'Connell St, O'Connell St Bridge, Temple Bar, Trinity College, the Parliament buildings. If you watch the Movie Michael Collins you will see all the things I'm talking about. There are a few statues around the centre of town too, some are cool, some are just there. The only tourist thing we didnt do was go to the Guiness factory (I'm more of a fan of Murphy's anyway). The last day we were there it started to snow, which I thought was very cool, until I remembered all the trouble England had with airports closing. Sure enough, when we checked out the weather forecast, it was for more snow and the airport was closed. Fortunately for us it only closed for 3 hours and it opened again that night. Our flight was early the next morning and the weather bureau said it would be touch and go. After getting up seriously early to get to the airport, in very light snow, we got on our plane without any problems. There were two flights headed to New York at the same time, ours was first. When we arrived in New York we found out that our flight was the last to leave Dublin before they closed the airport again and the other flight to New York didnt make it. After a lengthy connection we finally arrived in Canada eh to stay with Tanya's family, eh. Oh, Canada.