Our Hostel in Dublin has free internet (but no access to a USB port so no pictures yet) so I'll try to update you on everything. London was very cool and VERY expensive and with the exchange rate everything was twice what we would pay in the US. But It shows that there is money in london, everything is detailed and designed, at least in the tourist areas. The subway is also very nice and very easy to use. The coolest thing we saw in London was the Tower of London, parts were built in the 1500's. We saw the crown jewels, and old torture devices. We took a lot of pictures!
Our train ride to Holyhead was uneventful, the town of Bangor looked really neat. The Ferry ride was also uneventful but we enjoyed the comfort of the ferry. The entire thing was set up like a nice lounge; tables, arm chairs, couches, cinema, bar....
You can immediately tell that Ireland is a poorer country than England. It's kinda dingy in Dublin and the streets are not well labeled and the tram system was new but very slow. Our hostel is in the old part of town, which is pretty neat, we're night next to a huge old cathedral, the only bummer is that we're four big flights of stair up in a room that sleeps 24 with 4 showers and it reeks light feet. Our last hostel smelt a little like feet to but it wasn't as bad as this one. Tomorrow we don't really have any specific plans, just exploring. We might go to the Guinness Storeroom. Possibly the Jameson Whiskey Distillery, and then we'll just wander around the area.
Oh, we had a small adventure with the bus from the Ferry Port; the didn't get to the Bureau de Change before it closed so we didn't have any money to get on the bus. So we found an ATM but it only gave $50's and the bus only takes the exact fare. So we went back to the ATM and figured out how to get a 10 (the smallest denomination it would give) and finally the bus driver took it and made change for us. His english was really bad and he was pretty much yelling and pointing when we tried to give him a 50. The story doesn't really sound good now that \I retell it, but it was our 1st snafu, probably not our last.
If grandma wants to know how we get around tell her we took the subway in London, then a train, then a ferry, then a bus, then a tram (above ground light rail) and we'll take a shuttle bus to the dublin airport and then fly to Poland. Buses are extremely confusing to us so we'll try to avoid them but sometimes my feet hurt too bad. Yesterday my right ankle hurt so bad I limped back to the hostel from the grocery store. It feels better today after spending most the day sitting. It did start to hurt a little on the walk to the Hostel.
Anyway, It's quarter to 10 here, so I'm going to go up to our feet smelling room and try to get into a deep slepp before all of the other 22 roomies arrive! We're going to get up early in the morning so we can get showers, hopefully.
If you want to know more about anything just let me know!
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