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7th August 2018
05:18pm BST

Summer holidays are a big deal for Irish people.
We don't get the sun a lot, so we like to plan way in advance of our annual trip to experience how the other half live.
Of course, no matter how much preparation we put into our plans, it always ends up the same with everyone saying one, or several, of these things:
Whether it's more expensive or cheaper or the same price, the comparison has to be made.
You went on holidays to get away from it all, but not everything.
The universal comment when someone is absolutely scalded.
The other universal comment for when someone is as pale as the moment they got on the plane.
Complain as we might about the amount of Irish pubs abroad, we always end up there, one way or another.
Uttered by every Irish Mammy on every holiday. Ever.
Code for: I'm absolutely sweating but I am by no means necessary going inside.
You get off the plane and realise your watch hasn't changed time, but has your phone? Cue the actual chaos as people try to find out what time it is.
As they dive into a cheeseburger. Real exotic, lads.
You send a quick message back home to see what the weather's like, secretly hoping it's way worse.
Well look, sure at least we tried.
They could literally serve you an actual cup of Barry's, but it's never quite the same, is it?
I told you, copious amounts of planning goes into our trips.
What even is roaming?
Everything seems infinitely cheaper when you're on holidays.
When you finally admit that maybe, you just can't handle the sun.
Because we're practically locals, like.
Obviously. We're Irish, after all.
But that doesn't stop us from going again next year.