We arrived in Dublin and thanks to some generous friends, could bypass another hostel in favour of their great apartment in inner suburb Ballsbridge. A trip to Tesco (supermarket) at lunchtime immediately highlighted what we had heard, how much more expensive Ireland and particularly, Dublin, is than the rest of the UK.A bit tired from the early flight, the first day more or less consisted of nothing except sleeping and cueing up programs to watch on the cable t...