Well, we had a noon flight to Dublin, so we caught the hotel shuttle bus to the airport.
Walking from bus drop off to our terminal.
After we cleared passport control, we had breakfast.
Some good souvenirs were bought while awaiting our flight.
There were no problems with our flight.
We arrived and cleared customs.
We then bought tickets to go by bus to Victoria Station.
We arrive, so the next step is to see how to get to our hotel.
We decide to take a cab. The driver turns down our fare (because it is so close!), but gives us directions on how to walk to get there.
The cab driver has given us the wrong directions! His directions pointed us to the red red: we needed to go the blue dot. I wish I had taken one more picture, one of his registration plate.
Anyway, we have ended up in what is referred to as the "Hollywood" of London. A chauffeur on standby was kind enough to point us into the right direction.
Here's a look at what the "good" side of town looks like.
After we turned around 180 degrees, we were fortunate to run across a mini-cab idling on the side of the road. He accepted our fare, so we put Barbara and Linda and our luggage into the vehicle and sent them on their way.
We all arrived at our destination, Best Western Victoria Palace, within a few minutes of each other.
Photo blog of Ben and Linda's holiday in USA, Ireland, UK, and Sweden. Doretha and Barbara joined us for the European segment. The blog contains photos taken by all of us.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Back to Dublin
After our trip back to medieval Ireland, we drove the rest of the way to Dublin. Firstly, we needed to stop for lunch.
It turns out this hotel specialized in English style carvery. One thing that is apparent: the potato famine in Ireland is over.
Linda is very partial to scones.
We grab a diet coke from MacDonalds for Linda on the way out from the shopping center.
As we continue our drive in the rain, we hit the main toll gates.
We arrive at the hotel that we will stay in before we fly into London on the morrow.
We unload the car before returning it to the car rental at the airport. The return was a vexing driver/navigator nightmare, but we (Doretha and myself) eventually got it back.
Doretha checks us in.
Linda watches over our luggage.
Here are a few photos of Barbara and Doretha's room. They had trouble with their WiFi. We didn't even though were only about 20 yards from their room.
Linda visits Barbara and Doretha's room.
We dine out at the Hotel's Bistro that evening. The desserts apparently weren't too bad.
It turns out this hotel specialized in English style carvery. One thing that is apparent: the potato famine in Ireland is over.
Linda is very partial to scones.
We grab a diet coke from MacDonalds for Linda on the way out from the shopping center.
As we continue our drive in the rain, we hit the main toll gates.
We arrive at the hotel that we will stay in before we fly into London on the morrow.
We unload the car before returning it to the car rental at the airport. The return was a vexing driver/navigator nightmare, but we (Doretha and myself) eventually got it back.
Doretha checks us in.
Linda watches over our luggage.
Here are a few photos of Barbara and Doretha's room. They had trouble with their WiFi. We didn't even though were only about 20 yards from their room.
Linda visits Barbara and Doretha's room.
We dine out at the Hotel's Bistro that evening. The desserts apparently weren't too bad.
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