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Two weekends ago I went for a long weekend to visit my favorite French friend Charlotte Robert who is studying in Dublin. As I’ve had requests for more pictures, I’ve done my best to try to add more despite the unstable Internet connection we have here.<br /><br />Wednesday night before I left (with a belly full of practically free tapas and Agua de Valencia, which I enjoyed with my old roommate Margaret who was visiting for Spring Break yea!) I was somewhat concerned about where it was I was actually going once I arrived in Dublin. Internet had been down at school so I hadn't gotten to email Charlotte until the last minute and hadn’t heard back from her, so after some frantic flipping through the "Let’s Go Western Europe 2005" travel guide which included the city of Dublin, I decided that if all else failed and I couldn't find her I would just do a solo tour of Dublin for my first trip to Ireland.

3 Sketchy Men & a Lisa in Dublin

Lisa Damico
2006-02-27 18:15:05

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Two weekends ago I went for a long weekend to visit my favorite French friend Charlotte Robert who is studying in Dublin. As I’ve had requests for more pictures, I’ve done my best to try to add more despite the unstable Internet connection we have here.

Wednesday night before I left (with a belly full of practically free tapas and Agua de Valencia, which I enjoyed with my old roommate Margaret who was visiting for Spring Break yea!) I was somewhat concerned about where it was I was actually going once I arrived in Dublin. Internet had been down at school so I hadn't gotten to email Charlotte until the last minute and hadn’t heard back from her, so after some frantic flipping through the "Let’s Go Western Europe 2005" travel guide which included the city of Dublin, I decided that if all else failed and I couldn't find her I would just do a solo tour of Dublin for my first trip to Ireland.

Luckily I didn’t have to do Dublin solo as a text message came through on my phone that night saying Charlotte would be at the airport to meet me with a smile. One taxi ride later to
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the Estación de Autobuses, I was on the 7 am bus to Tarragona where I would transfer to Reus and from Reus fly into Dublin. Spent the 4 hour bus ride sleeping, caught the bus to Tarragona and then found out I would have to wait a little while for the airport shuttle. No worries I thought, it’s a sunny day I’ll sit outside on a bench and eat my bocadillo (bagged lunch) Marga had packed for me. I get my luggage arranged around me and start to open up my lunch bag when an old Spanish man (one of many walking around the bus station) came over and asked if he could sit down on the bench. Naïve Lisa thinking he’s old he probably just needs to rest, it’s not like it’s my bench, sure you can sit down, says “si.” As I was sitting at the end and there was plenty of bench space, I didn’t expect him to sit ...