Dublin: Part 4

Sunday morning. The weather outside was horrendous; the wind was howling, it was pouring down and as we found out when we set off for town, it was really cold - it could've been February. As you can see from the photo, John was all geared up and glowing nicely in the gloom. What an embarrassment - I was always 20 paces in front or behind!

Nothing seems be be open in Dublin on Sunday. We headed for the National Museum and found that it didn't open until 2pm so we ended up at the shopping mall to get out of the rain and only found one store open! As it neared midday, however, more shops began to open - clearly the Irish like a lie-in. We wandered around aimlessly for a couple of hours, stopped at a cafe to have a bite to eat, and as there was nothing more we could do in the rain, we decided to go to the cinema to see The Da Vinci Code. Both John and myself have read the book, and despite the bad reviews, wanted to see it for ourselves. It was very long but I enjoyed it - it was the book to a tee. It was as if everything you imagined when you're reading the book ie. the characters and locations, came to life in front of your eyes.

The length of the film put us a little behind schedule as we needed to get back to the B&B to collect our bags and then head to the airport. We'd purchased a 3-day bus pass when we arrived as this seemed the easiest and cheapest way to get around. However, as was the case when we arrived in Dublin, we seemed to wait an eternity for the right bus to take us back to the airport. We eventually got there just after 6pm, about an hour before our flight. However, being RyanAir, the flight was of course delayed! Thankfully it was only half an hour. We finally got back home at about 10:30.