walk-->bus, bus-->bus (at a train station), bus-->train, train-->train, train-->bus, bus-->ferry, ferry-->bus, bus-->walk...aka our trek to Dublin

Now it is time to explain why I had so much time on my hands to write the last blog entry. We are on our way to Dublin right now. We are currently on the 2nd train of our trip. Our first train was from London Euston to Crewe, about two hours. And now, we're on a train from Crewe to Holyhead (another two hours), where we will take a three and a half hour ferry ride over to Dublin. We should be arriving in Dublin shortly after 5. I tried to sleep on the first train while Kelley finished book six of Harry Potter. Now, we're just enjoying the various scenery as it passes by us.
Kelley stated that she would love out in the countryside like the sights we are passing. I responded by saying it would be relatively inconvenient. She then changed it to that she would like to retire in the countryside when she was 50. Me: "That would be nice." Kelley: "Yeah, it would." Me: "No, retiring at 50 would be nice." Kelley: "Oh, that would be nice too."
We just rode past a castle, and I'm pretty sure we went under it so I"m not sure how much of a castle it truly was. I would have taken a picture had I not been so caught off guard by the sudden appearance of one.
During the ride, we drove past a golf course. but what made the golf course special was the fact that there were sheep freely roaming on the golf course while people were playing.
The ferry was ridiculous. I felt like I was on a mini cruise ship. There was even a movie theater with two screens playing recent movies. It was a relatively peaceful ride and Kelley and I both were able to take a short nap. Overall, our travel time today was something like nine hours. Dublin is a lot smaller than I imagined. It appears to be the size of Austin and does not have too many skyscrapers. We came into the port where the freighters come in and it was an interesting way to enter the city. We're taking it easy tonight and staying in the hostel since apparently we came in on a day of a "football" match and want to avoid any soccer hooligans. Tomorrow, we plan on roaming the city and just seeing Dublin on foot. For dinner we decided to grab something quick and the easiest and relatively cheapest, mind you it was still 7 euros, was Burger King. Sad, yes, but everything around us is pubs and like I said we don't need any incidences with soccer hooligans. But we still managed to run into some that attempted to talk to us and Kelley and I were only able to understand a quarter of what they said. Our hostel is actually pretty interesting. It appears to have been several townhouses turned into a hostel. We'll see how much we like it after two nights.