Sound levels are so much better than the last vid! 👍😎 It's interesting blowing in from the US, where Dublin transport seems miles ahead than most places in the States. Then after a while there's the urge to feel that it can be much better for a European standard. Can you get around without a car? Sure, just need to plan around it. But a car unlocked so much of the country for us and gives us far more flexibility. When we buy a place of our own, the transport will play an important part. So here's to hoping the transport improves over the next decade or so! 🤞
Glad the audio is better, getting used to this again after such a long break. I agree with the flexibility of the car. We had some friends that moved to a new neighbourhood with good transport planning. Between a year we visited them, roads were expanded from 'country roads', they got a car too. Their lifestyle seems like it's really improved thanks to the improved transport in the area and having a car.
I've been living in Ireland for 8 years now, half of it in Dublin and the other half in rural Ireland. I don't drive and I have to rely on public transport. Ireland's public transport is not bad, I guess what makes it feel like it's bad is actually the fact that our neighbours in europe have a much better system in general. I use trains all the times to visit cities in Ireland, I use the bus fairly often in Dublin because I prefer them over Luas. They all work well.
Compared to what I'm used to back in Barbados, this is pretty amazing. But you're right, it's the comparison with the rest of Europe, especially we visit Vienna a lot, it can be a shock to get back. I believe it's improving slowly all the time, definitely not getting worse.
@@WineAndRum I've heard about a lot of improvements lately. Bus Connects, Metrolink, new rail stations, etc. Ireland will definitely catch up with the others at some point. I'd like to see more investment in ferries as well. It would be great if ferries became faster and offered more options to go to the UK avoiding flights all the time.
@WineAndRum well its bad to non existent in the U.S. we have some places like Chicago ware it's doable. And a few other cities. As well growing up in the Midwest not living there in years however still having relatives and affiliates these AND living and working in Both Florida and Alaska. I'm familiar with Chicago as a transportation hub more so for traveling elsewhere. And my employer has certin cities on a list they will give a flight too and from. Chicago is on the list How easy is it to get to ware I'm going from Chicago???? That depends ware I want to go... I can't give an answer unless you have a destination in mind. But being said I want to visit my sister and visit somebody else and then return home.. oh Chicago is going to be my transportation reference point to go into and out of countless times. And 1 of the select few places in the U.S. ware it's even practical. So Ierland can't be worse then the U.S.
@@WineAndRumsomething else I should mention I don't have a car however thoes that do tolls. So thoes with a car um NO!!!! NO!!! We WILL NOT get you in Chicago unless it's life and death and even then maybe. Which I can't blame them. So it's oh Carl you're in Chicago again?? Yes.. okay if you are coming out way do so and call us when you get here. At least I know how to do that from Chicago and it can be done.
Sound levels are so much better than the last vid! 👍😎
It's interesting blowing in from the US, where Dublin transport seems miles ahead than most places in the States. Then after a while there's the urge to feel that it can be much better for a European standard.
Can you get around without a car? Sure, just need to plan around it. But a car unlocked so much of the country for us and gives us far more flexibility.
When we buy a place of our own, the transport will play an important part. So here's to hoping the transport improves over the next decade or so! 🤞
Glad the audio is better, getting used to this again after such a long break. I agree with the flexibility of the car. We had some friends that moved to a new neighbourhood with good transport planning. Between a year we visited them, roads were expanded from 'country roads', they got a car too. Their lifestyle seems like it's really improved thanks to the improved transport in the area and having a car.
I've been living in Ireland for 8 years now, half of it in Dublin and the other half in rural Ireland. I don't drive and I have to rely on public transport.
Ireland's public transport is not bad, I guess what makes it feel like it's bad is actually the fact that our neighbours in europe have a much better system in general.
I use trains all the times to visit cities in Ireland, I use the bus fairly often in Dublin because I prefer them over Luas. They all work well.
Compared to what I'm used to back in Barbados, this is pretty amazing. But you're right, it's the comparison with the rest of Europe, especially we visit Vienna a lot, it can be a shock to get back. I believe it's improving slowly all the time, definitely not getting worse.
@@WineAndRum I've heard about a lot of improvements lately. Bus Connects, Metrolink, new rail stations, etc. Ireland will definitely catch up with the others at some point.
I'd like to see more investment in ferries as well. It would be great if ferries became faster and offered more options to go to the UK avoiding flights all the time.
@WineAndRum well its bad to non existent in the U.S. we have some places like Chicago ware it's doable. And a few other cities. As well growing up in the Midwest not living there in years however still having relatives and affiliates these AND living and working in Both Florida and Alaska. I'm familiar with Chicago as a transportation hub more so for traveling elsewhere. And my employer has certin cities on a list they will give a flight too and from. Chicago is on the list How easy is it to get to ware I'm going from Chicago???? That depends ware I want to go... I can't give an answer unless you have a destination in mind. But being said I want to visit my sister and visit somebody else and then return home.. oh Chicago is going to be my transportation reference point to go into and out of countless times. And 1 of the select few places in the U.S. ware it's even practical. So Ierland can't be worse then the U.S.
@@WineAndRumsomething else I should mention I don't have a car however thoes that do tolls. So thoes with a car um NO!!!! NO!!! We WILL NOT get you in Chicago unless it's life and death and even then maybe. Which I can't blame them. So it's oh Carl you're in Chicago again?? Yes.. okay if you are coming out way do so and call us when you get here. At least I know how to do that from Chicago and it can be done.