Canadian Idol, lines, taxi's and tips
Yay! One more set down...
I was wearing my Canadian Idol hat today, which made a few heads turn. I think it took people a while to understand that the Idol was refering to the singing competition and then they wondered whether I was a participant in the singing competition...and if I was in the competition, then why am I acting so humble and not bringing my entire posse. I say this because a sales clerk actually asked me if I was part of the singing competition and had this awkard expression on her face. I may try it again tomorrow.
Oh I forgot about the queues. My mother and I were shocked when we arrived at the airport only to see at least a thousand people waiting in line to get on air transat. There was a backlog of flights departing, because the weather delayed a few flights and the 8 crew members were trying to process everyone on an international flight. My mother and I waited about 3 hours before I went through security and that was after being dragged out of line. I also had the same type of problem when I arrived in Dublin and the Tourism board told me to line up at stop 5 for my free airport transfer. I did as instructed, but the lady would not let me on the coach because my hotel is in Clontarf. I waited in a new line for the taxi. I seem to be having trouble with the bus system here so I keep ordering taxi's to take me in and out of the city. It is adding up, but at the same time I have no idea how to get in and out of town! I also tend to overtip, because I am not really sure how much I am suppose to give so I think it better to give a few pence more or one euro more than expected, because at least I don't seem ungrateful.
I also noticed the ATM's here have instructions in at least four languages, which is interesting. The only thing that compares is the TD ATM on creditview which is in English, French, Chinese and Italian. These ATM's are in English, French, German and at least one or two other languages. I am going to check again.
I was wearing my Canadian Idol hat today, which made a few heads turn. I think it took people a while to understand that the Idol was refering to the singing competition and then they wondered whether I was a participant in the singing competition...and if I was in the competition, then why am I acting so humble and not bringing my entire posse. I say this because a sales clerk actually asked me if I was part of the singing competition and had this awkard expression on her face. I may try it again tomorrow.
Oh I forgot about the queues. My mother and I were shocked when we arrived at the airport only to see at least a thousand people waiting in line to get on air transat. There was a backlog of flights departing, because the weather delayed a few flights and the 8 crew members were trying to process everyone on an international flight. My mother and I waited about 3 hours before I went through security and that was after being dragged out of line. I also had the same type of problem when I arrived in Dublin and the Tourism board told me to line up at stop 5 for my free airport transfer. I did as instructed, but the lady would not let me on the coach because my hotel is in Clontarf. I waited in a new line for the taxi. I seem to be having trouble with the bus system here so I keep ordering taxi's to take me in and out of the city. It is adding up, but at the same time I have no idea how to get in and out of town! I also tend to overtip, because I am not really sure how much I am suppose to give so I think it better to give a few pence more or one euro more than expected, because at least I don't seem ungrateful.
I also noticed the ATM's here have instructions in at least four languages, which is interesting. The only thing that compares is the TD ATM on creditview which is in English, French, Chinese and Italian. These ATM's are in English, French, German and at least one or two other languages. I am going to check again.
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