Vincent Arnold

1. Hire a car = rent a car
2. Black Pudding is definitely not the Bill Cosby Jello Pudding variety…
3. Bank Holiday = Vacation = Government Holiday…Yeah, I know, it gets confusing.
4. A Pint = A pint of Guiness
5. Prawn = Shrimp
6. half 5 = 5:30
7. “Ya” = Yes
8. Electric Shower - your typical shower but you have to turn it on like a light switch
9. Central Air Conditioning is AWOL in Ireland as is ice. “Can I get just a glass of ice?”
10. Ireland is synonymous for rain.
11. You won’t be driving your Hummer down the roads here, ever.
12. Vince + European Sized Auto = Pissed off Vince
13. Vince + European King Sized Bed = Pissed off Vince
14. Vince +, oh hell, everything in Ireland is small.
15. When finished drying a load of laundry, you have to empty the gallon sized water receptacle since that is where all the moisture is collected from drying your clothes.
16. Airline First Class status means nothing in Ireland.
17. Prepare to have your bags checked at the security check point, at the boarding gate, while you are in the bathroom, when you get something to eat at the snack bar etc. etc. you get the point.
18. Canteen = Cafeteria
19. Sorted out = squared away
20. In the Spring, the sunsets at like 11PM. Wreaks havoc con your body clock, if it wasn’t already screwed up from jet lag after flying in from the US or India or well, anyway…
21. Sunrise is at like 5am. Woohoo that’s cool…well not really.
22. The people are a lot nicer than I honestly expected but they walk so damned fast…
23. There is no charge to retrieve email on your PDA through Vodafone. Yes, I abused this!
24. Water is not “water”. You must specify “still” or “sparkling”.
25. Yes, the Irish speak Gaelic and no, I do not.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 at 4:36 pm and is filed under Travel.