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| London by Doug88888 |
With a 4am start, an over-prepared folder of notes and energy matcha tea to keep me from falling asleep on a stranger’s shoulder, my business trip from Dublin to London seemed like it would be a walk in the park.
“Hey love, I got this” was the phrase I used to reassure my boyfriend that stress could never get the better of me as I climbed onto the 16th plane this year.
3 hours after leaving my house, I arrived in Stansted ready to get the bus to the city.
Sadly, as I looked in my wallet, I realized I was missing a vital ingredient for general… living – my only ATM card. As the stress attempted to seep in, I quickly rooted through and found some euros that I could change.
Damn you currency exchange rate with the super strong pound. I was two pounds short leaving me once again, at square one.
The kindness part
Thanks to the kindness of a stranger, two quid wasn’t an issue.
Ticket in hand (paid for in part by the exchange lady) Off I went on my merry old way.
The technology part
All hail the Hailo taxi app. With a card account and free bus wifi, hurrah! I paid the lovely taxi-man Ian to bring me to my meeting.
THANK GOD for technology, I say. And thank god for Ian.
So how did the rest of the day go?
With a lovely aunty, a reunion and a wad of cash waiting at the nearest tube station I spent my afternoon doing my work, eating jelly beans and far from silly problems.
That’s one more life experience under my belt. Whatever next?