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

Fri Apr 4 23:36:46 PST 2003

lauren i ALWAYS  was against cork when you asked me before.. and not to 
burst your bubble but you wont be able to hire a car i dont think.. you have 
to be about 21 or have 5 years exp. or something.. but still it will rock!

lou
xx

>From: "Merka, Lauren" <Lauren.Merka at trinity.edu>
>To: "simon" <shiftingsands at eircom.net>, "trash-talk" <trash-talk at tcp.com>
>Subject: RE: [Trash-talk] NGR: HELP!! advice from a super cool 
>Irish-savvygirl
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:44:51 -0600
>
>Hey now all you people saying Cork is a bad choice!!! I didn't pick just 
>for no reason!!! It'll be a lot cheaper b/c I can apply straight to the 
>school instead of going through some stupid program that'll charge me $4000 
>extra or something. Geez why is travel such a bitch????? I'll just steal a 
>car and learn to drive on the other side of the road!!! You people better 
>come visit me and I'm definitly going to make it to Dublin and London, and 
>hopefully Paris, Madrid, everything. I figure it'll be cheaper to travel 
>around Europe while I'm in Europe rather than trying to do it while I'm 
>here in Texas. Good plan right???? Anyway I'd love to meet you Trashers as 
>I romp around Europe. Crazy lil' Texas Trasher Bunny on the loose!!!!! 
>Watch out Colin Farrell!!!! HERE I COME!!! =)
>
>**Lauren**
>
>	-----Original Message-----
>	From: simon [mailto:shiftingsands at eircom.net]
>	Sent: Thu 4/3/2003 4:09 PM
>	To: trash-talk
>	Cc:
>	Subject: re: [Trash-talk] NGR: HELP!! advice from a super cool 
>Irish-savvygirl
>
>
>
>	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!!
>	>
>
>
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