THE WOMBLES go to Dublin to party ............. and boy did we party ........... we started drinking at 9am while waiting for our "delayed" Ryanair flight (we reckon the pilot had been drinking by the way he bumped us down on the landing straight). We stayed in Temple Bar at Blooms Hotel, fantastic location had a pub downstairs and also a nightclub. Kim and Dave had been out the night before and were quite hungover so decided to have a short lay down before meeting up with us later. We decided to have a quick bite at the pub downstairs and then start our pub crawl ...... there were heaps of hens and stags do's all with crazy outfits on. One guy who we saw at the start and kept bumping into was wearing the most hideous dress and hat, was quality. I bumped into a few Kiwis in one pub who had been watching the rugby game that morning, one of them lived in West Harbour back home (about 20mins away from where I lived) and knew someone I knew back home... he had been living in Dublin for the past 10 months and was thinking about moving to London when his visa ran out. As the day went on Temple Bar grew more and more packed and madder and madder. Kim and Dave joined us late afternoon - by this stage we were well on our way !!! Heidi and I lost the gang for a bit, too many lovely men to chat too but finally caught up with them later on. The hangovers the next day we all had were awful ... will never learn aye :0))