V-Flyer

I flew to Dublin for all of 22 hours to cover the EU Bailout and budget protests. I was looking forward to the trip as I had never been to Dublin, but of course I was there for work, so didn't get to see much of the city. (for those of you wondering, I did get a pint of guinness, which tasted much better than what you get outside of Ireland.

Took a coach from Victoria to Stansted, which was very easy. Got to the airport at around 5:00AM for a 6:30AM flight. Check in went very quickly, especially for a Ryanair flight - maybe took 5 or 10 minutes tops. As I only had one bag, there wasn't much to do as far as check in besides the usual passport check. Thankfully they didn't ask me to weigh my carryon since it likely weighed 15-20kg, double Ryanair's limit. I wasn't going to check a bag filled with £8,000 of camera gear! Security was also equally as quick.

I bought priority boarding but it was useless since I ended up as one of the only 64 passengers on the flight. I grabbed seat 2A and had the row to myself. We were supposed to be delayed up to an hour to deice the plane, but we took off on time and landed a few minutes early in very snowy and cold Dublin. I was quickly off the plane and with no line at passport control, was through in an instant. Hopped on the AirCoach into central Dublin and began my 14 hour day!