When I was planning my short trip in Ireland I was worried about how much driving I would be doing by myself, and how long it would take me to get around the different parts I wanted to see. I originally planned to stop about half way across, but when I actually planned the route it wasn’t nearly as far as Canberra to Melbourne. It looks a lot further on the map, all the way across the island to the other side, but easily doable in a single day.
After enjoying walking and bussing around Copenhagen during the day, I went out for an evening walk with my camera and a tripod.
From Copenhagen I was able to catch a train about 50km north up the coast of Øresund (the Strait) to Helsingør, a town of around 63,000. On the eastern most point, closest to Sweden, is Kronborg Castle.
The morning started out with a walk around the outside of Trinity College looking for a coffee, and ended at The Little Museum of Dublin opposite St Stephen’s Green (It has since moved).
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It’s a long way from Canberra to most places. Dublin is no exception. In fact I think it’s the second furthest I’ve traveled in a single block, the longest being Melbourne to Iceland.
Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, London, a brisk walk in shorts and a t-shirt between terminals, Dublin.
When I first booked tickets over 12 months ago it was the usual Canberra to Sydney to Singapore to London. Over the course of the next 12 months Qantas made something like 8 changes to my tickets – usually just a change in flight number at the same time between Sydney and Canberra on the return leg, then at some point they changed it completely from via Singapore to ‘direct’ via Perth.
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