A break

Chapitre 1 ~ The beginning

The adventure started on the 7th of March 2021 for Burcu and Tugba during the Coronavirus Pandemic. France was in curfew since January 2021, and to travel during this context, they needed a justified reason.

At Saint-Exupéry Lyon airport, the girls presented their negative tests and their passports to take their flight to Paris. Sitting in the back of the aircraft, they were full of excitation, vivacity and they were making plans for Dublin. In the middle of their thoughts, a man had interrupted them.

- 'Sorry, you are sitting on my seat!', he said to them.

- 'Oh, sorry! It's our fault!', Tugba answered. The girls are preparing to move.

- 'It's okay. I'll sit in front of you.', the guy told girls.

- 'Thank you!', thanked the girls.

Because of the delay of their flight and the Covid protocol, the girls had to run to catch their flight to Dublin. Breathless, the customs in Paris asked for the papers and the justification to their travel. Before the boarding to Dublin, they had to present again their papers, the justification and the flight attendant took their fever. After that, they were able to take their flight. In this journey, they sat in separate rows because during the boarding cards' purchase, no one seat side by side was available. Separated on that flight, they had thought of their future adventure.

Arriving in Dublin airport, they went to the passport control. In the line, a baby girl cried. Her mother tried to calm her. The Irish officers were so kind that this family may have been given priority. Burcu and Tugba were so surprised and admiring at the same time that they approved of these Irish officers' behaviour. Indeed, in France, this behaviour cannot be seen.

In contrast to Paris, the justification had not been claimed by Irish customs. Only ID papers and passenger locator forms were been asked.

Taking their luggages, their adventure began. Their first Irish contact was the taxi driver. Burcu suggested showing the address written on the paper. But Tugba said: 'Tough luck! Let's take advantage of this situation to speak English.' The girls got into the taxi and Tugba started to exchange. Damn! She has already forgotten the address. Burcu came to the rescue and tried to give the address. Even before he understood the address, the taxi driver was already on the road. While driving, he tried to write the address on his GPS.

Burcu was sitting behind the driver and she had seen a wrong address. Worried, she spoke to Tugba. Tugba called out the driver and at this moment, Burcu gave the paper with the address. However, the driver did not look, and he said: 'Okay, okay! Blackhall Green!'

Unsurprising, he drops the girls off at the wrong address!

To be continued...