My trip to Dublin at the weekend wasn't a typical one. On my previous visits a large part of my time was spent drinking alcohol or just walking around the city and seeing the sights. This trip was different though. For starters I drove down myself in the Fiesta, me, driving 100 miles non-stop into another country, into an unknown city... Yikes. That's what my thought process would have been just a few years ago for sure.
The drive down itself was uneventful, you can't exactly get lost, it's basically all motorway until you get to the outskirts of the city, then it's just main roads. It is still the longest drive i've ever done so far in the 8 months or so since I passed the driving test and got a car. Quite an accomplishment I have to say, minor to some but a big deal to me. The motorway wasn't the hard part though, driving into Dublin itself was a fun experience, I didn't exactly know where to go to park so I put one of the only places I knew into my sat-nav and drove there, the place being St. Stephens Green, a shopping centre in the heart of Dublin city centre, a place i'd been to before for my job.
I'm actually glad I actually stopped there to be honest, at first I just thought i'd be there just for a few minutes, that I would get in contact with Kevin and then drive on to his work an pick him up. A few days before though he had mentioned that if the weather was good we could go for a hike just outside of Dublin, something I had never considered doing before but wasn't opposed to. I took a look in a few stores for any outdoor clothes or shoes, I was going to give up before I saw the Trespass store by chance. Trespass is a well known retail store catered to the outdoors, I can't say i'd ever been any of their stores before but I was aware of them.
I basically bought the first pair of shoes I saw in my size, not a lot of thought went into that purchase. I didn't check to see whether or not they were waterproof or water resistant, I only tried one shoe on, I didn't walk about in them to see how the fit was or if they were comfortable enough to wear. I did try the trousers I got on and checked the label to see whether they were waterproof, one out of two isn't bad. I was also lucky that there was a sale on, i'm not sure how much I saved but it was probably a good a fair amount. I'm sure i'll come to realise how expensive good outdoor clothing is.
Like I was saying before I was sidetracked, I went into the shopping centre just to wait about for word from Kevin on where I was going to pick him up, I thought he had moved location from where he had been previously, i'd been to his office before so I knew where that was but I was unsure if he was still there, he was. I probably should have found that information out before I set off for Dublin, it would have saved me the time, I wouldn't have had the chance to go shopping though and looking back on my visit nearly a week later I don't think I would have had the chance to shopping when I got into Dublin.
I'll cut this post short for now and end here, thanks for reading everyone! Echoes......... Until next time!
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