As part of my new position, I'm doing more travel through Europe. As I visit new cities, I'll try and post a little report about each city. Here Goes.

City: Dublin, Ireland

First off, let me say that getting to Dublin was just miserable. First off, since I had all of 2 days to plan the trip, the direct flights were all booked, so I had to change both planes and airlines in Düsseldorf. For those of you who have to fly through Düsseldorf, let me warn you that there are no signs in this airport, and that you cannot, under any circumstances, check in at the gate.

See, for me, if I don't have bags (as this was a one day trip&#41, I normally get to the boarding gate and check in there. It's alot easier than going out through passport control, checking in at the gate and then coming back through passport control and security.

Not in Düsseldorf.

After waiting almost an hour for a gate agent, I call Aer Lingus to find out that since I didn't check in at the ticketing desk 30 minutes before the flight, I couldn't take that flight. Needless to say, a little bit of heated conversation with the Gate Agent that showed up 10 minutes before the flight took off, and I got on the plane.

On to Dublin. Nice airport. Easy passport control ("How long are you staying in Ireland" "4 hours"&#41. Easy getting a cab ("You're on the wrong side of the road!"&#41. Great people that I met with. Fantastic meeting. Long cab ride due to construction back to the airport. Long line at check in. Again, short line at passport control and security. One Guinness at the Irish pub in the boarding area (which was remarkably like every Irish bar in San Francisco, except this one had less Irish people in it&#41. One handful of English language magazines. One short flight to Düsseldorf in cattle (economy&#41 class. One short wait and a schnitzel at the airport. One short flight to München, and I'm home.

That's Dublin for ya.

Avery