After Abu Dhabi, I flew to Dublin. It was an 8 hour flight. Again, I slept thru about more than 5-6 hours straight. So far, my experience with Etihad has been a positive one.
This is how the premium lounge looks. Very comfortable, Etihad staff were very friendly.
This is all I need to stay alive – fruit, Arab Perrier, Filofax, mobile phone, Mac book pro and MSN!
Abu Dhabi airport. Very small airport, shaped like a dome.
Arrived Dublin, checked in to hotel. Ended up staying 4 nights in the hotel. Every morning I go down to the restaurant for breakfast, and by day 2, I was sick of bacon, eggs and baked beans.
Took 3 lousy pictures of the city! Dublin is actually a very small and expensive city.
There are hardly any tall skyscrapers here. The government puts restrictions on tall buildings, rather, preserving the historic buildings. Hypermarkets are a big NO NO. Everyone tells me “you should check out that shop, its hugeeee!” and then I get there, and I go “WHAT?! This is tiny!!!” A guy at work talks about this massive building, saying I couldn’t miss it. He said it has 15 floors!! FIFTEEN floors!!! I’m like “oh okay… wait til you see our government housing commission flats in Melbourne!”
I guess one way of putting it is that good things come in small packages.
I must admit, I am still a little bit jetlagged, but I wouldn’t say it was too bad. I am fine during the day, but for about more than a week, I wake up at 3am each morning, and have trouble getting back to sleep. Its getting slightly better now, this morning, I woke up at about 5am, but I was able to go back to bed for another hour. Summer here – the sun rises at approx 4.30am, and sets only at 10pm.
Work has organised a nice and modern furnished one bedroom apartment for me. It is about 15 minutes walk to work, but after experiencing extremely bad weather on the weekend, I now take the train to work. There is a train station in front of my apartment (hence, the noise), and in just 2 stops, I’m at work. Train station is next to the office. Apparently, I live in a posh area in Dublin. I’ve seen more ‘posh’ in Melbourne, but lets not get me started. My apartment is also next to the Google offices. The next time I want to google something, I’ll just step out on the balcony and yell out my question.
Here are pics of the apartment.
Views from my balcony.
This is the Google office.
Last weekend was awful. I was all alone. Homesick, and missing Grumpy more than anything!! Think Alicia Keyes.. “Some ppl want diamonds rings, some just want everything.. but everything means nothing, if I ain’t got you…” Doesn’t help with the time difference! We struggle just trying to have a chat with each other. I count down the days each day, before we meet again!
Hopefully this weekend will be better. I’ve bought a day tour ticket to Galway for this Saturday. Haha, decided I had to visit Galway after watching PS I Love You. I’ve also signed up for tag rugby, playing for the company. What is tag rugby? No idea, I’ll find out tomorrow!
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