VISITING MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS PART 1

It's been a while since my last blog. Reason for that is very simple. I was in Slovenia for two weeks, visiting my family and friends. And of course spending Christmas and New Year with them. So ... Happy New Year everyone :) 

When I had just moved to Scotland and mum had asked me "When are you planning to come home for a visit?" I had said "Probably sometime in January?. Mum's question was of course rethorical. She expected me to come home during Christmas holidays. Reasons for that were simple: mum has days of work at that time, plus Christmas is a family holiday. I, if I'm honest, hesitated. I wanted to see how Christmad and New Year's Eve look like here. I wanted a new experience, as everything is always the same back home. Not that everything being the same is a problem. Of course it isn't. Another reason why I didn't want to come then is the price of plane tickets. Due to holidays, plane tickets are quite expensive. But anyhow ... Thank God I went home for holidays. I would've liked it in Scotland, I'm sure, but I loved being back home again. And as mum said, Christmas is a family holiday. I would have missed my family too much if I'd stayed here. Plus I must not forget to mention this. The weather was spectacular! It was sunny and quite warm in the first week - around 10°C. The second week was amazing. Snow (we got around 40 - 50 cm of snow) and then it was freezing (the temperature varied between -15 and -5 °C). This is how every winter should be like. Snowy and freezing. Because when it's snowing or when it's freezing, there's no rain and hardly ever any fog. Plus for some reason freezing temperatures make me feel very alive. 

Now to tell you something about my vacation back home. I landed in Trst (Trieste, Italy) on 19th of December at around 17 pm. Mum, sister and Špela were waiting for me. When I saw them, I immediately noticed a huge poster that Špela was holding. Later she told me that many people were glancing towards her way and wondering what was written on the poster. You'll see what was written on the poster in the picture. But to translate it now; it says ... Hi, friend! I missed you so much! (in Scottish dialect).

Špela and me.

After we said hi to each other and stopped hugging, I got a nice sandwich with my favourite salami - Poli, cheese and pickles. Loved it! I've missed Slovenian bread very much. Not to mention how much I missed Poli :) Then it was time to hit the road. Of course I drove. And I loved it so much! Missed driving on the proper side, with gear shift in my right hand, wheel in my left and driving fast on motorway. It was so much fun. To be honest, I needed few minutes to get used to driving my mum's car again, because steering wheel is much much softer to the car I drive in Scotland. But just few minutes, not much :) 

We dropped Špela at her place, where my friend Iztok, Špela's brother, waited for me outside to say hi. Then we drove straight to my grandparents' house. Both grandparents were very happy to see me again after five months. Granny even baked me my favourite dessert called Metin štrukelj (some sort of peppermint pie/bread). Then mum, sister and me went home. Finally I had the time to relax. My whole family, including Uroš, my brother, was in the kitchen/living room area, chatting. It felt like I never even left. It was just so normal. Of course Diva (cat) and Šerif (dog) were with us as well. I was very happy to see our pets again. It's been a while since I last cuddled with them. Šerif however had a little grudge on me. But soon he forgot about it :) When the night came, sister and mum went to sleep, while brother and I spent time together behind the telly, watching Top Gear. We in fact spent most of our nights watching old episodes of Top Gear.

Diva, Šerif and me :)

My first whole day of being back was busy. I went to the hairdresser and then straight to church where choir has rehearsals. Due to upcoming Christmas and Saint Stephen's day (very important holiday for my parish) we had to rehears quite a bit. It was nice to properly sing again. Where I go to church in South Queensferry, and I presume it's more or less the same everywhere else in Scotland and/or UK, everyone sings. They don't have a church choir. And they sing without any notes. This makes it harder for me to learn the songs. I did however learn few :) In the evening, I went to Ljubljana Christmas market with sister, Špela and Iztok. We ran into my cousin whom I didn't see in almost a year. It was fun, Ljubljana does look nice in all those lights.

On Sunday I went to church, then mandatory coffee in coffee place called Stan, then lunch. After lunch sister, mum, Šerif and I went out for a long walk and when we came back we had to get ready for vising grandparents. Aunt with her family was there as well. Was nice to see them all again. Had to answer many questions of course. Kinda got used to it. Everyone that saw me for the first time in five months asked similar questions. In the evening Iztok, sister and me went to the cinema to watch the latest Hunger Games movie. Sister and Iztok waited one month to see this movie. They waited for me to return. Was very nice of them :)

I spent most of Monday at friend's place. Nina recently moved to her boyfriend's place. We talked a lot, ate a lot and most of all had lots of fun. Tuesday and Wednesday were busy getting everything ready for Christmas Eve. We put the decorations on, Christmas tree, nativity scene, cleaned the house etc. This is how our Christmas tree and nativity scene looked like this year:

On Christmas Eve I cooked dinner for my family. I cooked salmon with leek and sour cream. I was nagging mum to buy salmon for a long time now. So finally I got her to buy it, or better yet sister and brother bought it, and I found a recipe. Never cooked this dish before. But I very much liked it. So did the family. More or less :) Then it was time to attend mass. First one that night. After church we gave each other presents. We did Secret Santa. Mum and brother got each other. Brother bought a book for mum. Forgot the name but I remember a movie has been filmed based on this book. Mum bought brother new hiking sticks. And as you probably already know sister and me got each other. Sister got me a very nice jumper that has some things sewed on. Granny sewed that on. Which means my jumper is unique! I also got yearly planner, small mirror with comb, which is very useful. Can store it in my handbag. Then handmade bracelet and a tiny bottle of salt. It is not a normal salt but a special one. That takes the bad air in. Or something like that. My sister would know how to explain it better. Now to tell you what I got for sister. I bought her a watch, eco notebook, four different types of tea, pyjamas and a dress. I must not forget to mention that our budget was 20 euros. Which means I got all that for just 20 euros. I can't remember when was the last time she was so happy opening the presents. She looked like a small child :)

The next few days were spent at church, home and at grandparents' house. I was pretty tired by the end of the Christmas holidays. Of course we went out for long walks every day. Actually I walked and/or hiked a lot during those two weeks of being home. Courtesy of sister and mum. They made me go! Not that I'm complaining. Well just a little bit :) 

This is all for now. I'll tell you more in the next part :) Which will be written later this week. 

QUICK UPDATE

I'll just write a quick update to what has been happening to me in the past month or so. 

The first and most important thing is I booked a flight to London with Jana :) We are going to London on 23rd of January for three and a half days. Can't wait. We invited Anna (German girl who went to Dublin with us) but she cannot go. As we are in London on Monday as well, Jana's host dad actually took a day off from work so she could go. I didn't or don't have much trouble with that because Desmond doesn't work on Mondays or Fridays. So after I booked the flights, we had to find accomodation. And that wasn't that easy to find. Everyone that I talked with about that, said we should stay in the Zone 1 or 2 regarding Tube, so that Tube won't be too expensive, plus we wouldn't spend a lot of time in it. Anywho, we checked many hostels etc. but not even one was good enough for us. Yes, we are a bit picky. At least when it comes to London. We weren't really picky when we were deciding where to stay in Dublin. After long talk with Jana, we chose Airbnb. I will let you know more about this next month, after London.

The second thing that pops into my head right now is driving from Edinburgh for the first time. Pamela's car got hit in some parking lot and is now getting repaired. That's why they needed a rental car. The rental place where Desmond took the car is on the opposite side of Edinburgh ZOO. Desmond asked me if I can go with him. He would drive my car to that place, take the rental car and then I would drive my car back home. And let me tell you, I was absolutely high. I know it sounds a little bit silly, but it was the first time when I was driving in the city and on my own. Of course I've driven on many unknown roads before in different countries, but this time I also drove on the opposite side. UK road rules are slightly different from what I'm used to. So I was really really really excited when I was driving back home. Desmond had to pick up Sarah from school, so I went on my own. Didn't follow him. But I know these roads quite well, so it wasn't a problem. I also drove to Linlithgow twice this week. Finally I'm not just driving around South Queensferry, but also to other towns/cities. 

I was family Coyne's personal chauffeur yesterday. The usual driving by taking Sarah to bus stop and Daniel to and off school. But then I also drove Desmond to church and to train station. Picked him up from train station hours later. Picked up Sarah from train station as well an hour later. And in the night went to Linlithgow to pick up Pamela. She was on a Christmas party. I would normally not complain about driving this much but roads were very icy yesterday so it wasn't really fun to drive. I had to be very careful, shift gears quickly (too quickly in my opinion), slow acceleration etc. The only fun drive was to Linlithgow and that's because it was a longer route. 

My friends and I went to Edinburgh Christmas lights switch on almost a month ago. The lights were switched on on 23rd of November. Quite early for Slovenian standards, but normal here. Christmas market was opened few days earlier. And now, due to up-coming Christmas, Edinburgh is full of tourists, which means I don't like being in the city that much. It just gets too crowded really. If you want to go to Christmas market and see what they are selling and/or offering, you need to prepare yourself for long queues, very slow walk pace and lots of different smells. I had German bratwurst (pečenica) for lunch and it was pretty good. Slovenians are still much better though. And for the dessert I bought apfelstrudel, which was also good, but my mum definitely bakes better strudel. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and it looks nice, decorated in Christmas lights. However, I still prefer the city without them.

And for those who don't know or have forgotten ... I am coming to Slovenia very soon! :) This Friday, on 19th. Can't wait! :)

My next blog will be posted after New Year's and I will let you know all about my vacation in Slovenia. Merry Christmas everyone and happy New Year. Can't believe I'm already wishing you this :)

THE TYPICAL DAY

Few friends of mine asked me to write my blog in English so they can read it. So I decided to give it a try. It's been awhile since I wrote anything in English, so bear with me :)

One of my best friends, Špela, has asked me to write about my usual day. To be honest I'm not really that busy. It depends on the day. I guess my busiest day during the week is Tuesday, so I'll describe how Tuesday looks like. Very detailed. 

I normally wake up at 7 in the morning. Time of my alarm depends on Sarah. Whether she has to wash her hair or not. So when I wake up, I go straight into her room, turn the lights on and wake her up. It takes around 15-20 minutes to get her out of bed. Once she finally gets up, I have 15 minutes for myself. The past few weeks I've been reading a lot, so I often read at that time. But first I go through my e-mails and Facebook to see if there's anything new. At 7.40 I go downstairs to the kitchen, take the clean dishes out of the dishwasher, prepare Sarah her breakfast and then "nag" her that we need to go. We are suppose to leave the house at 7.50 but that hardly ever happens. She needs quite a bit of time to prepare herself in the morning. When she's finally ready I go to the car, heat it up and drive her to the bus stop. The bus stop is only 2 minutes away. When I come back, I prepare Daniel's lunch. This means preparing two sandwiches, water in water bottle, granola bar and if we have it, also some fruit. I put everything in the lunch box. Daniel comes down 5-10 minutes later so I have time to watch telly. I always watch Top Gear in the morning. Daniel used to switch the program to some Disney show, but now he just watches it with me. Well until Desmond comes down. While we watch Top Gear, Daniel has his breakfast - cereal. At 8.25 I try to get Daniel to brush his teeth and ready to go to school. We normally leave the house at 8.35. His school is 5 minutes of driving away. Depends on the traffic. 

When I come back, I have my breakfast. Also cereal. The thing that I do not understand is how family here eats cereal with cold milk. I always heat the milk. Of course I watch Top Gear some more while I have my breakfast. I've seen all the episodes hundred of times before, but I still absolutely love this show. Can't wait for the new season! After breakfast I prepare dirty clothes for laundry. There are so many dirty clothes on Tuesdays that I have to do it 4 times! Thank God for tumble dryer. Then I read a little bit, so my stomach can relax. Before 10 o'clock I go for a run. I started jogging 3 to 4 times per week just a month ago. Decided I need to do some exercise and not just eat all the time. I don't run long. Just 15-20 minutes. But it's enough. After all I am not a fan of jogging. Always found it boring. Even with my earphones in and music on, it's a bit boring. When I come back, the first laundry is usually done. Most of the clothes can go into tumble dryer, but not all. The ones that should not go in, I put them on the radiators. After a quick shower I go back to reading. Yes, I've become quite a book-worm. Can't help it. Between 12 and 1 o'clock I have my lunch. I normally eat toast with butter and jam or a sandwich. I sometimes make Tjaša's zucchini burgers. Absolutely love them! After lunch I read some more or watch a TV show. I also need to iron kids clothes on Tuesday. They wear school uniform, which means nice white shirts for both of them, Sarah wears skirts so that doesn't need to be ironed, but Daniel's trousers do. I also started ito iron some of my clothes. Just recently I bought two blouses. At 15.10 I leave the house and pick up Daniel from school. Once we're home, I prepare him a snack that is more or less second lunch. He always wants two sandwiches. Daniel often invites one of his friends over and they always end up playing x-box. If his friends don't come over, then I play x-box with him. I have become very good at playing Call of Duty and Forza. But even when we don't play multiplayer, I have to watch him play whatever game he's playing. Just recently he got a video game called Worms. I think most of you will know what game that is. I'm enjoying it tremendeously. I loved the game when I was younger. Of course it has changed a bit in the past few years, but the noise that worms make is still the same! And most of the guns (remember donkey or sheep or hallelujah bomb?) 

Daniel takes swimming lessons every Tuesday. He goes to Queensferry High Recreation Centre, which is very close to his school. I drive him there few minutes before 6 o'clock. Last week I stayed there and watched his lesson, but I usually go back home and pick him up one hour later. During his swimming lessons Desmond and Sarah come home from work/school. Desmond then starts preparing dinner while Sarah normally sits behind piano and plays some Christmas song and sings. Pamela works really hard and long so she comes home quite late. Between 7 and 8 o'clock. At 19.15 I go and pick up Daniel and when we come home we have our dinner. I'm still getting used to this late dinners and I've been here almost five months now. But it's understandable that we wait for Pamela to come home from work. After dinner I usually go to my room and read/watch TV show, while Daniel plays x-box, parents are downstairs doing something and Sarah does homework and watches Gossip Girl or Vampire Diaries.

This is how my usual day during the week looks like. Not bad at all right? :)

DUBLIN 3. del

Zadnji dan v Dublinu se je pričel zgodaj. Ob 7. uri. Z Jano sva leteli domov šele ob 17. uri, medtem ko je Anna morala kupiti letalsko karto za en let prej, saj je bila 17. ura razprodana. Annin let je bil že ob 12. uri, zato je morala zapustiti Dublin dve uri prej, saj vožnja z avtobusom iz mesta do letališča traja približno eno uro. Jana in jaz sva pustili najina kovčka v hostlu. Za 2 evra sva dobili omaro, kjer sva spravili kovčka pod ključ. Tako nama ni bilo potrebno nositi kovček nenehno z nama. 

Po zajtrku sva z Jano pospremili Anno do avtobusne postaje, počakali do prihoda avtobusa in se nato poslovili. Nato pa sva hitro odšli proti avtobusni postaji pri Trinity College. Prejšnji večer sva se odločili, da bova šli do obale oziroma bolj točno do Blackrock. Vožnja je trajala približno 30 minut in naju je stala 3.05 evra. Razmeroma draga karta za samo eno smer. 

Nekaj fotografij, posnetih iz avtobusa: 

V Blackrock sva prispeli ob 11. uri. Nedeljsko vreme je bilo prečudovito. Sončno, brez oblakov in razmeroma toplo. Torej, super dan za ogled obale. Avtobus sva zapustili ob večjem parku in se napotili proti obali. Takoj za ograjo sva zagledali slednji razgled:

Na obali sva bili približno eno uro in se pogovarjali o raznoraznih stvareh. Dan je bil tako lep, razgled odličen, zato skoraj nisva hoteli iti stran. Vendar naju je počasi začelo zebsti, zato sva se sprehodili po obali in nato šli v center mesta. V centru sva si kupili nekaj za jesti, se usedli na klopco in klepetali, si ogledali cerkev, ulični market, nato pa je bil že čas, da se odpraviva nazaj v Dublin.

Blackrock market

Ja, tudi na Irskem imajo Range Roverje :)

Ko sva prispeli v Dublin, sva se takoj odpravili po Subway sendvič in nato proti hostlu. Ob 14.40 sva že bili na avtobusu, ki je peljal na letališče. Po petnajstih minutah smo se ustavili na eni postaji in čakali na gospoda, ki je zamenjal šoferja. Zamudil je 20 minut! Z Jano sva šli na avtobus dovolj zgodaj, zato naju čas ni zelo priganjal. Kljub temu sva na koncu kar hitro hodili po letališču, saj je Dublin airport zelo velik in predenj prideš do oddelka, kjer je Ryanair, hodiš vsaj 10 minut. Hitre hoje :) Ko sem šla mimo detektorja kovin, sem piskala, čeprav nisem imela nobene kovine na sebi. Uslužbenka me je pretipala in seveda ni našla ničesar. Moram priznati, da je bil ta dogodek kar zabaven :) Jano tokrat letenje ni bilo zelo strah. Mogoče zato, ker sva med letenjem planirani najin naslednji izlet :) V Edinburgh sva prileteli ob 18. uri. 

Za konec pa lahko še povem skupne stroške:

• leta Edinburgh - Dublin in Dublin - Edinburgh: 65€
• 2 nočitvi v Avalon House: 48€
• dnevni stroški (hrana, pijača, avtobusni prevozi itd.): 50€

DUBLIN 2. del

Tistim, ki še niste prebrali prvega dela objave o mojem krajšem dopustovanju v Dublinu, priporočam, da najprej preberete mojo prejšnjo objavo. Tisti, ki pa ste že prebrali prvi del, pa kar veselo nadaljujte z branjem :)

Sobota se je pričela ob 8. uri, ko nas je zbudil Annin alarm. Ko je Anna odšla v kopalnico, sva z Jano hitro pripravili darilo (ruta in muffin), saj je Anna praznovala svoj 19. rojstni dan. Takoj, ko je odprla vrata, sva ji zapeli jutranji vse najboljše. Seveda ni bil niti približno lepo zapet :) Nato smo odšle na zajtrk, ki ga je hostel pripravil. Zajtrk je bil razmeroma skromen. Ponujali so tri različne vrste kosmičev, dve vrsti kruha ter marmelado in fake nutello. Mleko je bilo mrzlo, kava pa instantna. Seveda se nismo pritoževale, saj je bila cena nočitve + zajtrk solidna za hostel v centru mesta. Po zajtrku je bil na vrsti obvezen krajši počitek in dolg klepet. Ob 11. uri pa smo končno zapustile našo sobo in se odpravile raziskovati Dublin. Na poti do Trinity College, smo videle manjšo tržnico, lepe ulice in zanimive stavbe. 

Tržnica

Anna in Jana med brskanjem DVD-jev

Značilna ulica

Bank of Ireland

Ulica pred Wax Museum

Napotile smo se proti Trinity College, ki je bil ustanovljen leta 1592 in je "posnemal" univerzi v Oxfordu in Cambridgu. Trinity College je eden izmed sedmih starodavnih univerz v Veliki Britaniji. Po desetih minutah smo že bile pred vhodom. Sprehodile smo se po notranjem atriju in uživale ob presenetljivo toplem prvo-novembrskem sončnem dnevu. Namen smo si imele ogledati knjižnico in znameniti Book of Kells, vendar je bila vrsta predolga po našem mnenju. Zato smo nadaljevale z občudovanjem starih stavb in lepih parkov, ki jih Trinity College vsebuje. Posnele smo kar nekaj fotografij:

Vhod v Trinity College

The Campanile

Jaz pred Sphere within Sphere - skulptura, katero lahko najdemo tudi drugje po svetu (Vatikan, San Francisco, Terehan itd.)

Vsi napisi, znaki itd. so napisana v irščini in angleščini. V večini je napis najprej v irščini, nato angleščini. 

Vhod v knjižnico, kjer leži The Book of Celts

Po ogledu Trinity College smo nadaljevale s sprehodom po Dublinu. Sprehodile smo se mimo zanimivih ulic, se drenjale mimo množic ljudi in občudovale lepe stavbe. Na eni izmed dvopasovnic, ki povezuje severni in južni del reke Liffey, je več ur potekal protest. Ljudje so protestirali proti privatizaciji vode. 

Na kosilo smo šle v Subway, kjer sem si izbrala Subway club sandwich. 15 centimetrski sendvič me je stal kar 4 evre. Vendar je cena približno enaka kot v Edinburghu. Med kosilom je pričelo deževati, zato smo se nekaj časa zadržale pod streho. Nato smo šle v nakupovalni center. Notranjost tega centra me spominja na zelo nobel, star hotel. Sprehodile smo se seveda tudi mimo Dublin Castle, Dublin City Council. Na eni izmed bolj obiskanih ulic, kjer je ogromno trgovin, je nastopalo veliko uličnih zabavljačev, če se lahko tako izrazim. Prvič, ko smo se sprehodile po tej ulici, so nastopali mladi ljudje, oblečeni v Halloween kostume in izvajali irsko glasbo. Naslednji dan so na isti lokaciji nastopali breakdance plesalci. Zelo zanimivo jih je bilo gledati. Posnela sem tudi krajši video. Sedaj pa nekaj fotografij:

Mozaik na zidu ob parkirišču

Gotham - the city where Batman lives :)

Cerkev sv. Ane

Notranjost nakupovalnega središča

Vhod v Bank of Ireland

Reka Liffey

Protest pred General Post Office

Blizu lokacije, kjer se je izvajal protest, leži trgovina z oblačili Penneys, irska verzija za Primark. Seveda jo je bilo potrebno obiskati. Trgovino sem zapustila z dvema vrečkama :) Za večerjo smo se odločile same nekaj skuhati v kuhinji hostla. Ker smo bile tri punce na kupu, smo seveda potrebovale čisto preveč časa pri odločitvi kaj bi si skuhale. Na koncu smo se odločile za makarone s carbonara omako. Hitro in enostavno. Ko smo prispele v hostel, je bil zopet na sporedu krajši počitek. Jaz sem že zelo pogrešala svojo glasbo, zato sem si vzela nekaj minut zase in poslušala trenutni meni najboljši band - Hurts. Če vas zanima, pojdite poslušati pesem Affair. Ali Evelyn, Ali pa Silver Lining. Oziroma kar vse njune pesmi :) Poslušanje glasbe pa je prekinil hišni alarm. Seveda nas je vse prestrašil, vendar je kar hitro nehal. Nato čez kakšno minuto zopet začel. To se je zgodilo trikrat, zato je Jana odhitela k recepciji in vprašala kaj se dogaja. Menda je neka oseba ponesreči pritisnila na alarm. No, alarm se je sprožil še štirikrat, medtem ko smo si kuhale večerjo. Ni prav prijetno nenehno poslušati alarm. By the way, pakiranje ob alarmu je dokončano v zgolj eni minuti :) Zelo hitro pakiranje :)

Med večerjo je Jano začel boleti trebuh. Namen smo imele iti ven in praznovati Annin rojstni dan. Ker Jana nikakor ni bila v stanju za karkoli drugega kot ležanje na postelji, sva se z Anno odločili, da bova šli ven za kratek čas. Ker pa ima kar veliko lokalov starostno omejitev (21 let in več), sva kar nekaj časa iskali dober lokal. Na koncu sva pristali v The Green Hen restavraciji. 

Ker je ta objava že čisto predolga, bom napisala še tretji del. V tretjem delu bom opisala moj zadnji dan v Dublinu. Upam, da ga kmalu napišem! :)

DUBLIN 1. del

Zakon je bilo! Kratko in jedrnato :)

Vendar je potreben seveda bolj podroben opis. V Dublin sem odšla skupaj z dvema Nemkama - Jano in Anno. Anna je prav tako au pair-ka, ki živi v manjši vasi blizu Pertha. Perth je oddaljen približno 1.5h od Edinburgha, zato Anna ne pride pogosto v glavno mesto. Do sedaj je prišla samo enkrat, na au pair sestanek, ki je vsak prvi teden v mesecu. Ker pa sta bila Desmond in Pamela takrat v Las Vegasu, se jaz tega sestanka nisem udeležila. Zato je nisem spoznala v živo vse do našega srečanja na letališču.

Medtem ko sem bila jaz v Dublinu, je družino Coyne obiskala njihova bivša au pair-ka Catherine, ki živi s svojim možen in enoletnim fantkom v Wales. Družina je zelo blizu s Catherine in se pogosto videvajo. Sarah je zato spala v moji sobi, Catherine z družino pa v Sarahini sobi, saj je njena soba večja od moje. Desmond se je ponudil, da me zapelje do letališča. Ponudbe sem bila vesela, saj je to pomenilo, da mi ni potrebno iti zelo zgodaj od doma.

Ob 12. uri sva se dobili z Anno v Caffe Nero in čakali na Jano. Ko je Jana prišla, sva takoj opazili, da je bila nekoliko slabe volje. Slabo voljo je povzročil pozabljen ključ, ki odklepa Janin kovček. Poleg tega je Jano nekoliko strah letenja, kar je le pripomoglo k višji stopnji nervoznosti. Vseeno sem jo kar kmalu spravila v boljše počutje, saj sem opazila nekega mladega moškega, ki je stal za nami v vrsti in je bil zelo zelo čeden. Postaven moški, v lepi temno-modri obleki. Vsem je bil seveda zelo lep, če se lahko tako izrazim :)

Kupila sem letalski karti za naju z Jano, vendar ne še za Anno. Ryanair sedaj določi sedežni red ob check-in, zato je Anna sedela stran od naju. Jana je bila večino leta živčna. Manjše turbulence prav tako niso nič pomagale. Za dodatek pa je še pristanek bil zelo grd in nestabilen. Ker jaz rada letim, mi je to bilo še zabavno, večino ljudi pa je kar prestrašil ta pristanek. Ko smo prišli iz letala, je zelo pihalo. Mogoče je veter bil razlog za tak pristanek.

V Dublin ob 15.30, let je trajal le 50 minut. Letališče v Dublinu je bistveno večje od Edinburgh letališča, zato smo imele krajši sprehod preden smo prišle do izhoda. Na letališču smo si kupile sendviče, jaz sem kupila še hruško in je bila zelo zelo zelo okusna, nato pa odšle do avtobusne postaje. Hostel, v katerem smo stanovale, nam je predlagal, da gremo na avtobus številka 16, ki pelje mimo. Avtobus je stal 3,05 evra, vozile pa smo se približno eno uro, saj smo bile na cesti v času, ko ljudje odhajajo iz službe domov. Med potjo smo spoznale starejšega gospoda, ki je bil zelo prijazen. Ponudil nam je hruške! Povedal nam je tudi kje je naša postaja. Na avtobusu sta sedela blizu nas moški in ženska srednjih let ter se pred celim avtobusom prepirala. Ne razumem kako se lahko ljudje prepirajo med množico. Kakorkoli že, v hostel smo prispele ob 17. uri, na recepciji plačale naše bivanje in se odpravile v našo sobo. Soba je bila preprosta, vendar je imela vse, kar smo potrebovale. V redu postelje, solidno kopalnico, obešalnike za plašče in ogledalo. Seveda je bilo potrebno malo počiti pred ogledom nočnega Dublina. Še kar se ne moram privaditi na tako kratek dan.

Anna - je bolj zmrznjene sorte, zato se je bilo potrebno segreti pod odejo :)

Jana

Po počitku smo se odpravile v mesto. V petek, 31. oktobra se praznuje Halloween, zato so bile ulice polne maškar. Sprehajale smo se po centru mesta, na večerjo šle v McDonald's, ki je bistveno dražji od slovenskega. Sprehodile smo se mimo Bank of Ireland, Trinity College, reka Liffey in vsa bližnja okolica. Ob približno 23. uri smo se vrnile v hostel in nato čez dve uri končno zaspale. Po dolgem, dolgem pogovoru :) 

Ker na žalost moj prestar fotoaparat ne posname dobrih fotografij ponoči, nisem slikala. Bo pa zato več fotografij v naslednji objavi :)