Chromeo Day 11, Drive to Ireland
Today was filled with quality van time. We left our hotel around 1pm to drive to the ferry port. The van rides have been getting more interesting though... I continued Dave's Metallica lessons and we invented a game resembling bocci ball that is playable in a moving vehicle, made interesting with the addition of mobile obstacles. Not so bad...
The ferry itself was a throwback to the 70's. The probably haven't changed anything on board since the maiden voyage. The chairs were pretty rough, the food was nasty, but it was only 2 hrs, so we survived.
Once ashore, it took us about another 2.5 hrs to get to our hotel, which is actually really nice. Too bad most of the staff isn't... The Citywest Dublin concierge and front desk staff refused to help us out in any way, even for things as simple as ordering a pizza. We arrived after the hotel restaurants were closed, there was no more room service, but they claimed they would not assist in bringing in outside food as it would affect their business. But, they did offer to charge us €10 to sell us pre-packaged sandwiches that had been sitting at the bar all day... Nothing but the best.
But, we found a way to get through. There was a huge pub in the lobby and there was a huge crowd, so we ventured in. The authentic Irish Pub experience is pretty wild. We all had our first pint of Guinness in Ireland and listened to the locals sing songs we couldn't understand. One James Joyce befriended us, that is until he passed out and one of the guys had to put him in a cab... At one point he was "playing" songs on the piano in the lobby for us, but then a security guy showed up, and without a word, shut down the piano and took the man's drink away... Rough. By the end of the night though, we ended up making a number of temporary friends, it was a pretty good time.
The ferry itself was a throwback to the 70's. The probably haven't changed anything on board since the maiden voyage. The chairs were pretty rough, the food was nasty, but it was only 2 hrs, so we survived.
Once ashore, it took us about another 2.5 hrs to get to our hotel, which is actually really nice. Too bad most of the staff isn't... The Citywest Dublin concierge and front desk staff refused to help us out in any way, even for things as simple as ordering a pizza. We arrived after the hotel restaurants were closed, there was no more room service, but they claimed they would not assist in bringing in outside food as it would affect their business. But, they did offer to charge us €10 to sell us pre-packaged sandwiches that had been sitting at the bar all day... Nothing but the best.
But, we found a way to get through. There was a huge pub in the lobby and there was a huge crowd, so we ventured in. The authentic Irish Pub experience is pretty wild. We all had our first pint of Guinness in Ireland and listened to the locals sing songs we couldn't understand. One James Joyce befriended us, that is until he passed out and one of the guys had to put him in a cab... At one point he was "playing" songs on the piano in the lobby for us, but then a security guy showed up, and without a word, shut down the piano and took the man's drink away... Rough. By the end of the night though, we ended up making a number of temporary friends, it was a pretty good time.
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