I woke up this morning at 10:30 when someone knocked briskly on the door, then opened it when there was no answer. I’d put the chain on the door, but I hadn’t put up the Do Not Disturb – so when they discovered the chain was linked, they closed the door and left me alone. [...]
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Home Sweet Swansea Hotel! I did get off at Swansea station, and (glory!) I did get a taxi. There was a sign. It said “Taxis”. And I went outside, and there were taxis! Whew. The taxi took me to the hotel. It was hard to get to, because there is some crazy kind of construction [...]
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Takin’ the Train Two more hours or so, and I’d managed to pass the time reading and making calls from the payphone. I dragged my pack mule self out to Platform 2, and proceeded to take pictures of everything in sight until the train got there. There were seagulls. I was so tired. I was [...]
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Taxi and Ferry A nice old man played Irish folk songs for me and drove me to the ferry port, even though he wasn’t totally clear on where we were going. (Gulp, again.) We did get there, however, and it didn’t cost any more than the folks at the airport had suggested. I also found [...]
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I am having such a very interesting day. I want to tell you all about the bucket of action I’ve been through, I just have to figure out where to start, and hope I don’t forget anything! I’m afraid to go back to the beginning, because there’s so much… But I’ll try any way and [...]
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Let’s see if I can get this all down. The in-flight movie (you’ll notice I used the singular) was Aquamarine, which turned out to be just slightly too awful for viewing purposes. (At 12, it would’ve been my favorite movie. Taste!) And anyway, that’s really saying something. I got through the first fifteen minutes. Then [...]
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Okay – so here’s what I know. The ferry to Holyhead from Dublin Ferry Port leaves at 12:30pm. The ferry trip lasts 1 hour and 50 minutes. That means I’ll get to Holyhead at about 2:20pm. The only train to Swansea then leaves at about 5pm, so I’ll have a few hours to figure myself [...]
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