IETF72@Dublin

during the flight

Virgin Atlantic airways

Even in economy class, they serve four kinds of normal meals (chicken, beef, fish, and japanese-shokado-bento) and amenity goods.

The navigation system displays the direction of Mecca (for Muslims?)

food

kebab fastfood in downtown Dublin

fresh cod available at a stall near the IETF venue.

an restaurant inside the IETF venue

an Irish bar at Rathcoole (a village near the IETF venue)

lunch in my hotel

a traditional Irish restaurant in Temple Bar

scenary

Downtown Dublin

my hotel near the IETF venue

buses near the IETF venue.

The IETF venue is not so far from my hotel (just ten-minute drive by bus). But it was a difficult trip because of the following reasons:

• a bus stop in rural area has no name
  
• a fare changes depending on the number of bus-stops
• there is no timetable at the bus stop, and the number of buses are very few; you have to guess the arrival time from several conditions (timetable at the first/final terminal bus stop, weather, ...).

  for example, the bus departing the downtown terminal at 07:20 reached the bus stop near my hotel at 07:55(monday), 08:08(tuesday), 08:10(wednesday), and 08:00(thursday). If you missed one, then you have to wait for about one hour...

IETF venue (citywest hotel)

my hotel near the airport

inside the IETF venue