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| 1176.1 | Go for it! | TALLIS::DARCY | | Wed Jan 27 1993 14:41 | 12 |
| You'll have no problem flying to Ireland Maureen. Aer Lingus
usually flies 747s for transatlantic flights. The flights are
usually very smooth and comfortable. In my experience Aer
Lingus is very accomodating and the food is actually good for
plane food. It's actually a short trip going over. One year
we made it in 3 hours 50 minutes from Boston. We were flying! :v}
I'd bring $100 a day for the both of you. And use your credit
card wherever you can. They give good exchange rates.
Have a great trip!
/George
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| 1176.2 | Flight's to Ireland are a "Piece of Cake" .. | ACTGSF::BURNS | Will 93' be another BANNER year | Wed Jan 27 1993 15:51 | 11 |
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I spoke with Maureen on the phone and offered my "Expert Advice" !!! :-)
KEVIN
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| 1176.3 | | LUNER::ROBERTS | Yep! I'm still waiting | Wed Jan 27 1993 16:19 | 18 |
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Daily costs are about $100 room and meals? I guess that's right.
I had an apartment and cooked most of my food. Saved my money
for pints...
exactly one year ago today I landed in Shannon and stayed for eight
months. Nice trip, much better than I thought it would be. This
was my first trip trans Atlantic too. Aer Lingus is fine and much
better than some domestic US airlines I've flown.
Have a blast and take a couple of sweaters even tho it's June.
The holiday in June is a "bank holiday" and that means the Government
and banking services are shut down. Also a holiday for the Digital
Galway plant for example. I can't remember if the stores are open.
Gary
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| 1176.4 | chain stores closed! | BERN02::BYRNE | | Thu Jan 28 1993 02:03 | 9 |
| No, the big stores aren't open on bank holidays but usually the corner
shops are.
B&B's are pretty full at bank holiday weekends since a lot of people
travel to Killarney etc for a LONG weekend.
Public transport uses the Sunday time table.
Therese
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| 1176.5 | Welcome!! | MACNAS::JDOOLEY | Still here.....for now. | Thu Jan 28 1993 07:44 | 28 |
| Use these prices as a guide:-
B and B per person sharing with shower and W.C .... IR# 15.00
" " without " " IR# 12.50
Lunch in a major town in a pub ( 12.00 noon to 2.30)IR# 4.00
Dinner per person at night ........................ IR# 10.00-18.00
Petrol (Gasoline),per Imperial Gallon..............IR# 2.70
Car hire is very expensive, arrange it before you go and ask for
the price to avoid a shock.
Drink does not vary as much between establishments as it does in
the States but Off licence (Take Outs) are dearer than the States.
American beers are imported novelties here and are dearer than the
States.
Very few motorways exist here, allow for an average speed of 44mph
when timing journeys and be prepared, the Irish travel a lot faster
on a given width of road than the Americans and also drive on the
wrong side of the road ( Left hand lane):).
Thats all I can think of for now.
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| 1176.6 | TFSO victim | FRSBEE::ROBERTS | I'm the NRA | Wed Jun 16 1993 15:25 | 8 |
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fyi: Maureen's last day was yesterday. I'll miss seeing her around
the Mill. She's such a very nice lady.
She did the trip and was delighted touring Ireland with her husband!!
Now she wants to go back again.
Gary
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