Experiencing Irland and Scotland: Day 1 - Coming to Ireland and Tramore

Day 1 - Tuesday 4. October


Today is the day, that I am leaving for Ireland. I got up up about 05.30, to make sure that everything was packed and so that I had time to find what I had forgot to pack. Everything was where it was suppose to be, and the long journey towards school started. With a suitcase weighing approximately 13 kg, and a shoulder bag full of camera equipment and stuff. 
Got the bus at 06.30, and of course, it was late, so was the next bus, and the bus after that. But after a lot of toil and snare, I was at the school, and I struggled to get up all the stairs to get to the 3rd floor. Then time to focus on school for 3 hours. That was 3 long hours, and I nearly fell asleep a couple of times. Then I realized that I had forgot my wonderful Starbucks Ice coffee in the refrigerator at home.

After school it was time to get down all the stairs agian, and then out. And of course; it was raining. A lot! So the otherwise so delightful stroll from Kalfarlien (my school) to Bystasjonen (the bus-station) turned into a wet and clammy affair. Then I ended up loosing the airport-bus, so I had nothing else to do than sit outside and freeze.

15 min later I was on the bus (the bus costed 95 Kr (12.30 €, 10.60 £, 17.20 CAD) and I realized that I was the only one with a suitcase, because the other ones were employees, cabin-crew and bus drivers.
Got inside the airport and printet out the baggage-tag, and gave the woman at the drop-off the suitcase and went upstairs for the security check. And everything went swell. I did not beep. *yey*

Then I found myself a nice table, and connected the laptop to the wifi, and I talked a bit to Hope, and then checked everything I needed to check. Then it was time for boarding, and that went well too. And realized then that my seat-choice was not so good. I had chose the 27A, which is right behind the wing. It was okey, I had no one in front of me, and a lady behind me, and no one beside me. I don't think I have ever seen such an empty airplane before. Arrived at Copenhagen Airport, and found my gate. I bought a salad and Faxe Kondi (the fizzy drink that taste like dish-washing soap). I ate it, and talked Danish.

Then it was boarding time. And again I found my seat 27A, and after a while a guy sat next to me. And we sat there, and the plain did not go anywhere, because there were some defects, so the plane got delayed, which was not so good, since I had a bus to catch in Dublin.

And then finally we got up in the air and down agian, in Dublin. Way to late, so suddenly I had only 10 minutes to get some money and find the bus, and all this with a huge suitcase trailing behind me.

Well, I found the bus, and sat down in the front. And as we were driving it hit me was the lights along the road, or the lack of lights along the road, because it was dark, really dark. And this was like the N7 and M9 motorway. I it got me thinking "This year its the south-going roads that gets the light, and next year its the north-going"

After miles and miles of dark roads we were in Waterford, and the time was now 22.35, and the bus to Tramore did not leave until 23.05 and it was a long time to wait for someone that had not been eating since 15.30. I was sitting there freezing, and sitting in Waterford in the middle of the night and freezing ain´t nice. After a while the bus got there and then it hit me; its dark in Ireland. There are no road-lights here, so there is no chance of recognizing a bush or a road, cause you cant see a darn shit.

I think if I was living here, I wouldn't drive anywhere without having a companion in the car with me, just for safety. After a long journey in the darkness, I was arriving in Tramore, and trying to orientate in Tramore in the darkness, halfway asleep is not that easy, but I found the house, and I sent another text, and waited. I ended up calling em, and waking em up, sorry about that.

I was then given a room and I fell asleep almost immediately.

Good night