{"id":1634,"date":"2018-05-16T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T20:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2018-05-16T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T20:36:20","slug":"travel-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1634","title":{"rendered":"Travel Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not much of a post today, as I spent the bulk of the day either waiting for or riding on a train. This means that not much interesting happened.<\/p>\n

One thing I noticed was that I was dreading putting on my full backpack to haul around all day. It made me start rethinking my luggage choices – or my travel style. I didn’t weigh my fully packed luggage before I left, and maybe I should have, because I spent most of my first day wondering exactly how heavy it was.<\/p>\n

It felt very heavy. But I think a lot of that is the fact that I was pretty tired after the overnight flight, and also I had walked a long, long way carrying it through three airports and far more of Dublin than I needed to.<\/p>\n

Today, when I put it on, and fastened the belly band, it didn’t feel that bad. The walk from the hotel to the train station was still pretty taxing, but it didn’t wipe me out as badly as I had feared. So, maybe I’m getting used to all the walking.<\/p>\n

The whole day wasn’t nearly as much of a strain as I had built it up in my mind. There was a lot of waiting on metal benches at train stations, where I didn’t have to carry the pack. And train station sandwiches over here are so much better than the kind of sandwich you’d get in a similar place back in Canada. I got a lot of reading done and, when I arrived in Killarney, I was especially pleased that I was able to find my way from the train station to Larkinley Lodge without any problem.<\/p>\n

And now I’m settled in for the evening, and actually looking forward to getting to bed before midnight.<\/p>\n

Yeah. I am old and pathetic. Even on holiday, I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I’m off to see Ross Castle, Innisfillen Island, and a few other sites around town. I’ll have more pictures for you tomorrow, I expect.<\/p>\n

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