Thursday, January 25, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
our jolly at the Dail, Dublin
Hearty breakfast in our hotel with Frances (where I discovered that there's a reason that she doesn't come to work before 10.30am- no chat).
Peter arrives in taxi to pick us up to take us to the Dail (pronounced Doyle) where we are met and given a tour of the building - which while long is only slightly interesting....
We meet up with the equivalent staff in the Bills Office- and it's interesting to meet someone who pretty much does exactly the same job as me - and who has the same problems which I'm not going to bore you with on a blog. The meeting shows that the system that we have is just as good as their brand spanking expensive one (which was the sole purpose of our trip).
We have a pleasant lunch in their members restaurant and then a very tedious meeting in the afternoon - which has nothing whatsoever to do with the purpose of our visit. Finally let go to hit the shops - but sample a final pint of the black gold before leaving for the airport.
Discover why Ryan Air is hailed as one of the worst air;lines as we get delayed for over an hour for a 35 minute flight - but am grateful to my shiny new ipod. Finally get home late.
Peter arrives in taxi to pick us up to take us to the Dail (pronounced Doyle) where we are met and given a tour of the building - which while long is only slightly interesting....
We meet up with the equivalent staff in the Bills Office- and it's interesting to meet someone who pretty much does exactly the same job as me - and who has the same problems which I'm not going to bore you with on a blog. The meeting shows that the system that we have is just as good as their brand spanking expensive one (which was the sole purpose of our trip).
We have a pleasant lunch in their members restaurant and then a very tedious meeting in the afternoon - which has nothing whatsoever to do with the purpose of our visit. Finally let go to hit the shops - but sample a final pint of the black gold before leaving for the airport.
Discover why Ryan Air is hailed as one of the worst air;lines as we get delayed for over an hour for a 35 minute flight - but am grateful to my shiny new ipod. Finally get home late.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
back to work - but in Ireland
Went back to work this morning - but in the afternoon, I join Peter in a cab to the airport for the legislation trip to the Irish Parliament....it doesn't get much better than this! Meet Frances at the airport and take Ryan Air (for the first time) to Dublin. We then jump in a cab and Frances & I go to a Hotel - the Comfort Inn in Smithfield which was modern and very reasonable. Peter is staying the weekend so has gone for a cheaper hotel down the road.
We meet up with Peter for a pint in a "famous" pub - but while the Guinness was good, the atmosphere was not - they mustn't drink on a Thursday evening over here. We then headed into town and I feared that indecision would get the better of us as we looked for restaurants. To my surprise, we headed straight for a Lebanese restaurant (no, it wouldn't have been my 1st choice- but I'm the junior person here) - and it was excellent, and there was loads of food (with plenty of meat) too. I'd be happy to go back for more Lebanese food another time.
Headed off to another pub for a quick pint before heading back to hotel room.
We meet up with Peter for a pint in a "famous" pub - but while the Guinness was good, the atmosphere was not - they mustn't drink on a Thursday evening over here. We then headed into town and I feared that indecision would get the better of us as we looked for restaurants. To my surprise, we headed straight for a Lebanese restaurant (no, it wouldn't have been my 1st choice- but I'm the junior person here) - and it was excellent, and there was loads of food (with plenty of meat) too. I'd be happy to go back for more Lebanese food another time.
Headed off to another pub for a quick pint before heading back to hotel room.
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