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.

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