{"id":642,"date":"2015-09-12T08:03:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T13:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/rickpress\/?p=642"},"modified":"2024-06-17T18:56:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T22:56:19","slug":"150912","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/150912\/","title":{"rendered":"150912-"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I bought the ticket for the ferry, I paid an extra five euro for a reclining seat and a better night’s sleep, but that room sat right over the engines (loud) with the seats jammed together. I ended up moving out into the main area and sleeping on one of the random couches used for seating. I woke repeatedly thinking we must be suffering a severe storm, with the rocking of the ship. I arose to a clear sunny day, with the ship still bouncing up and down. Movement settled down by 8:00 am; I think they slow the ship down a bit when people are moving about. We arrived in Ireland at 1:15 pm. <\/p>\n

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Expecting rain, I planned to head to the nearby campground and figure out my next course of action. I first headed to the Tourist Information in Rosslare, only to find that information point had only a few pamphlets. With a gorgeous day, and Wexford only 20 km away, I updated my agenda. <\/p>\n

The Tourist Information in Wexford took a long time, because the one woman working helped everyone in great detail. To that point, when I finally left I had: a map of Wexford, a general map of Ireland, a map of all IYH hostels in Ireland, a map of all independent hostels in Ireland, a booklet with all campgrounds in Ireland, brochures for different regions of Ireland, instructions on where I could get cell service, and a collection of brochures on different castles. She also confirmed the campground down the street did, in fact, exist. <\/p>\n

From Tourist Information I headed to the center of town. I purchased a cell plan. I couldn’t get what I wanted (1 GB for 30 days), only because the minimum plan of 10 euro provides 7.5 GB. Across the street a bookstore sold me detailed road maps of Ireland. Now fully supplied, I headed to the campground.
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\nWhile the bathhouse at the campground\u00a0 includes standard European power outlets, the default power outlet in Ireland differs, so I need to pick up another adaptor. The last time I visited Ireland in 2006 I didn’t carry any electronic devices. <\/p>\n

While I have a routine of things every day, the days themselves do not feel routine. I’m camped on the coast of Ireland!<\/p>\n

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As I type, rain falls on my tent. Welcome to Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I bought the ticket for the ferry, I paid an extra five euro for a reclining seat and a better night’s sleep, but that room sat right over the engines (loud) with the seats jammed together. I ended up moving out into the main area and sleeping on one of the random couches used … Continue reading “150912-“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-touring"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3910,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions\/3910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}