Top of the Morning!

I am off to Dublin this afternoon- do a bit of visiting, do a bit of sightseeing, do a bit of 'oh, I used to love/work/drink/pull there..'

Dublin may not be the most typically Irish of cities- I think that the rest of the country have never forgiven it for becoming 'cool' recently- but I loved living there. If I could tug it over and tuck it just under London then I would live there again- or if someone would give me a job there. When I first arrived in Ireland back in 2000, with no idea of what was going to happen, I couldn't understand a word that anyone was saying. Within weeks I was able to distinguish between different county accents. I would imagine that being away for so long I will be right back at the beginning again. I probably can't even remember how to pronounce Dun Laoghaire (if that is indeed how it is spelt).

Anyway, I could sit here all day writing this and I would miss my plane. So I am off to complete my ablutions and get myself off to Stansted Airport- gateway to cheap flights to Ireland. Am also tempted by the free flights on www.ryanair.com but am trying to convince myself that I should be putting more effort into jobhunting and less on looking up cheap flights (www.easyjet.com also has some great ones!)