Return to Dublin

Last day and time to return to Dublin ... on the move most of the time. The day started leisurely with a later breakfast and a stroll to the harbour.

After yesterday we knew where to wait and for how long. We had to transfer our carnet into a ticket then get on board.

This boat was much faster than the Doolin boat, and we were soon across and pulling into the port.
Up the ramp and into the melee of buses. Again converting the carnet into a ticket and taking a seat.

The bus took us back to Galway and stopped close to the Victoria hotel where we had picked up the minibus four days ago.
From here it was around to the taxi office to retrieve our stored luggage, and up to the railway station. Here we tried to wait on the platform but were chased off until they were ready to board the train. However we were allowed through after 30 mins and found our booked seats, ready for the two and half hours back to Dublin. After the journey out we knew what to expect and settled for a bit of reading, playing the electronic pipes and snacking.
Back in Dublin we headed off to find a taxi... not realizing that drop off and pick up were on different sides we hailed a cab at the drop off annoying a few others, but were soon back at the guest house.
Tomorrow we have an early rise to get to the airport for an 8am flight. so cab booked for 6 .. we did not want to try the buses on the tight timescale.