Ugh, One More Plane Ride To Go...

I am so not having a good travel day!

I ended up just being wayyyyyyy too tired to do anything of much interest in Dublin. I actually did a few of the things that I didn’t do last time, but there was a reason I skipped them last time…

Anyway, I still love Dublin and it was good to be back for a little while.

I did get to go to my favorite bookstore and have breakfast, so all was not lost.

I am currently sitting in the Dublin airport. In the Ryanair terminal. It’s dingy and rather hopeless down here. Everyone looks miserable and I about to burst into tears if one more thing goes wrong. First they wouldn’t let me carry-on the backpack I carried on my Continental. So I had to pay the extra baggage fee (20 euros). Then my big bag was overweight (no surprise there) but since they charge by the pound…well, let’s just say it was an expensive piece of luggage. I am still under what it would’ve cost for the direct flight to Madrid, so…I calmed down.

Then I went through the HUGE security line and they informed me that, after waiting in two huge Ryanair lines, the idiot check-in girl hadn’t stamped my boarding pass to approve my visa.

At this point I was livid, but I’ve seen people yell at the Ryanair crew…they are immune to all yelling at this point. I rather…urgently…informed her of the error, at which point she swore at me and handed over the boarding pass she was supposed to give me in the first place. What?!?! She never did check my passport. How does that make you feel about security?

Anyway, I am just hoping against all hope that the flight to Madrid goes smoothly. I will be traveling by train from now on, haha. No, I will probably continue to fly Ryanair, but not when I have oversized luggage :-/

I have to say, I really miss traveling with a friend. It’s not the same being spontaneous all by myself, haha. Thank god I’ll see Lili in a couple weeks!!!