After our time in London during, we left for Dublin on the morning of Thursday 9th July. We left our hotel in Barking early enough to absorb any delays because of the Tube strike, but it all went smoothly. We were flying out of City Airport, so it was DLR most of the way there. It was my first time at City, and it was cute, apart from the toilets, which were in a bit of a state.
We stayed at the Castle Hotel in Dublin, a classic sprawling Georgian maze of a building. Our room was much bigger and more comfortable than the Travelodge in London, and we sank into it gratefully when we arrived. We had dinner in the restaurant downstairs, and then Fiona, Abi, and I went out on a ghost tour walk starting at City Hall South of the river. (Alex was tired; he stayed in the room.) It was more of a historical walk rather than a ghost tour, but our guide did emphasise the most grisly parts of Dublin’s history and its most unsavoury characters. We had a fine time.
