The Day we Went to Dublin (again)
Today we again left our little apartment in Cork for a few days. Brian O’Flynn was on the job to take us to the station in time for our 12:25 train to Dublin, and as usual, he was on time, friendly and efficient. As usual, despite the fact we had booked seats, when we boarded the train, we had to move people on from our allocated spots, however they couldn’t really be blamed today as the system that shows seats have been booked and by whom, wasn’t working. We settled in for what was to be a very cold 2.5 hour trip; to compensate for the seating system failure, the air conditioning was working too well. We were almost two hours in before the refreshment cart reached us in carriage E and we were able to grab a warming drink to thaw us out. Arriving at Dublin Heuston right on time, we found a tram to take us to Trinity College, checked into our apartment in the student accommodation block, eventually worked out the tricky numbering system for the units, and s...