In Edinburgh!

In Edinburgh! - Mar. 21, 2006 at 02:40 PM

Made it to the Scottish leg of my adventure in one piece! My day began in Dublin at 6:30am, grabbing a cab at 7:10am heading over to the Busaurus (sp.) bus station for the 8am bus to Belfast. Got there at 7:30am, then proceeded to MISS THE BUS! Not sure what happened there, I was looking at the loading dock, waiting for the bus, but failed to actually go up to the electronic gate to read the small print on some random piece of paper with the tiniest arrow pointing to the corner of the terminal where...oh, yeah, there goes my bus! Freaked out for a moment, then thankfully got a full 12 euro refund and walked next door to the train station to make some magic! Chatted with the information guy for 30 minutes - super helpful! He called buses, trains, ferries and planes to find me the best deal - finally settling on a 39 euro train/ferry ticket! Sweet! Train to ferry port just outside of Dublin, ferry to Holyhead, Wales, then train to Edinburgh! All said and done, I left Dublin at 10am and arrived here at my hostel at 9pm. Very fun day actually - ferries are fun!
Love this hostel - very clean and so far I'm the only one in my room! Plans for Scotland train/bus tours will commence tomorrow - stay tuned!