[Trash-talk] NGR: HELP!! advice from a super cool Irish-savvygirl

[simon]

um, no actually, it was me who directed the taxi, not alison.  and i just
got lost that one time!  dammit, let the past die already!  :D

agree with lou about UCC though, if possible go for galway or dublin, they
would be better.  though cork is only about 3 hours on the train i think.
tickets are expensive i think though.  as for going to europe, if you fly
ryanair and you don't mind when you go you can get dirt cheap flights to
almost anywhere.

i'll show you around dublin if you make it here :)  and no, i won't get
lost.

simon

(whoops, sorry lou, meant to send it to the list, not just you that first
time, obviously)

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shirley vixen" <cmonshirl at hotmail.com>
> To: <trash-talk at tcp.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trash-talk] NGR: HELP!! advice from a super cool
> Irish-savvygirl
>
>
> > i dont know if there are many irish people on tt.. and im northern but i
> > still know stuff.. also simon is from dublin, but like he doesnt know
his
> > way anywhere.. no really thats true.. simon gets lost in dublin... i
know
> my
> > way round it better than he does... also he *still* doesnt know where i
> live
> > (yes i remember that alison managed to direct the taxi driver at my
party
> > and not you! :P)
> >
> > anyways... thats off the subject
> >
> > as ive said a million times.. cork.. *tuts* but you never listened to
me..
> i
> > mean you'll enjoy it but why the hell did you choose CORK?! you had the
> damn
> > choice of UCD in dublin - UCD is an excellent uni.. and the university
of
> > galway is more central than cork.. cork is at the bottom.. you're close
to
> > france but thats about it!
> >
> > but yeah ive been thinking about it.. i said raynair
http://www.ryanair.ie
> > from dublin but i think it flies from somewhere in the south limerick or
> > shannon perhaps so that might be okay.. you're relatively close to
shannon
> > airport so when you're planning your flight to ireland you might think
of
> > flying there its a huge international airport.. well relatively "huge"
> (aer
> > lingus) anyways to get out of ireland i prefer the plane.. see ryanair..
> it
> > does the cheap flights. dublin to london to paris to brussels etc etc
also
> > aer lingus from shannon or dublin.. i dont know any other irish cheap
> > airlines.. they are different to the ones im used to (uk) but yeah...
> >
> > there is also ferries.. you can get ferries from rosslare and even from
> cork
> > or somewhere near it.. but they mostly go to france from down there..
> maybe
> > to england i dont know.. :/ dun laoghaire (dublin port) goes to holyhead
> > which is in wales and from there you can go to various parts of england
> and
> > that.. although holyhead is in wales remember and to get to london it
> takes
> > ages and the traffic is REALLY bad.. :) but yeah.. you would have to get
> > coach or train.. however you'll be a student.. you'll be on the coach
> > probably.. you can get coach from cork probably to london even.. for one
> > price it includes everything.. www.gobycoach.com, www.eurolines.com i
> think
> > www.nationalexpress.com  there will be a lot of transport links though
> from
> > cork to dublin to different areas in ireland cos it is a university
> town...
> >
> > i havent been much to the very south of ireland.. it always hits me as
> being
> > super remote.. i dont know why thats so very hypocrital from me.. but im
> > like cork.. thats the middle of nowhere! but really i cant talk i guess
> you
> > could count where i live as being far from civilisation!
> >
> > however if you make it to dublin or belfast i shall come and try to meet
> > you.. also i will probably be in london A LOT this year so maybe i could
> > even meet you there.. i do recommend that while you are in ireland you
> make
> > it to the north.. its very beautiful and worth visiting.. pat was here a
> > month or two ago and i dont know what he thought.. he didnt make it to
co.
> > antrim but he should have.. belfast - an amazing city is nothing to the
> > county of antrim though
> >
> > lou
> > xx
> >
> > hope all of this helps
> > >So I just turned in my application to study abraod at University
>College
> > >Cork. I have some questions about the general travel situation >in
> Ireland.
> > >What's the best way to get to Dublin? London? The rest of >Europe? How
> much
> > >does stuff like that cost?? There are places on-line >with info, but
> > >nothing's better than asking people who've lived there >or have
> experience
> > >traveling there. Thank you so much!!
>