Flight disruptions turned a 4 hour layover at Dublin into an 8 hour layover (1), enough time to go to the city center for a stroll around Trinity College before catching our late afternoon flight to Zurich.
My wife's favorite metal band, Within Temptation, was playing a metal festival in Grenchen, Switzerland. Before 5:00, there were no bands that caught our attention, so we sat in a shady spot under a tree on this hot day (2) (3).
Visions of Atlantis, our favorite Austrian band, came on at 5:00 for an hour. A band we did not know but liked was next: Eclipse. The headliner today was Within Temptation, playing a great blend of their old and new songs, including their haunting ballad Lost, rarely performed live.The next band was nothing special, so we hopped the train back to the hotel.
(1) In a fortuitous circumstance, our flight to Dublin via Chicago was delayed (a) so they put us on a direct flight from Boston to Dublin.
(a) Much cheaper booking the long way there.
(2) A band from Sweden said "we think of skiing in Switzerland, but it feels like the tropics today."
(3) A sign at the handwashing station where everyone was filling their bottles to stay hydrated said "Keine trinkwasser" (not drinking water). Noticing my wife's hesitation, a woman next to her said "This is Switzerland, not Spain or Italy, of course the water is safe. They just want to sell you overpriced bottled water."
At Trinity College, Dublin
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