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- Day 1
- Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 6:44 PM
- ☁️ 52 °F
- Altitude: 23 ft
United StatesRafael Village38°4’46” N 122°33’0” W
Packing
December 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Time to move the gifts for Ireland from the tree to the suitcase
On the road
December 13, 2024 ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
3:50 am, leaving Novato
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 13, 2024 at 6:20 AM
- ☁️ 50 °F
- Altitude: 33 ft
- United StatesSan Francisco International Airport37°37’13” N 122°23’23” W
James' window seat & comedian captain
December 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Poor James, the only window seat without a window.
Otherwise, this is flight 1322 on Friday the 13th, so that's lucky!
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 13, 2024 at 3:16 PM
- ☁️ 39 °F
- Altitude: 325 ft
- United StatesWashington Dulles International Airport38°57’13” N 77°26’51” W
Landed in Washington DC
December 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
We have a long layover, so we're heading to the Mall for a while.
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 13, 2024 at 4:09 PM
- ☁️ 37 °F
- Altitude: 26 ft
- United StatesNational World War II Memorial38°53’22” N 77°2’28” W
Visiting the monuments
December 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F
We had a walk up the Mall
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM
- ☁️ 34 °F
- Altitude: 69 ft
- United StatesInternational Spy Museum38°53’51” N 77°1’26” W
Downtown Christmas Market
December 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 34 °F
A quick stroll through the Christmas Market
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 13, 2024 at 6:29 PM
- ☁️ 32 °F
- Altitude: 33 ft
- United StatesCaptain Nathan Hale Sculpture38°53’32” N 77°1’37” W
A cheeky Nandos
December 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F
Finally, I got to try a Nando's. It didn't disappoint.
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 13, 2024 at 9:26 PM
- ☁️ 28 °F
- Altitude: 338 ft
- United StatesWashington Dulles International Airport38°56’44” N 77°27’10” W
Meanwhile, back in Napa
December 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 28 °F
Della hanging with her sister, Skye
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 13, 2024 at 9:53 PM
- ☁️ 28 °F
- Altitude: 348 ft
- United StatesWashington Dulles International Airport38°56’45” N 77°27’12” W
Crossing the Atlantic
December 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 28 °F
Boarded and taxiing for take-off.
Flight UA228.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 2:37 PM
- ☁️ 43 °F
- Altitude: 315 ft
IrelandSheskin54°17’17” N 7°6’42” W
Same presents, new tree
December 14, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
All the gifts made it safely to Ireland 😁
Home again
December 14, 2024 ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
The house and gates have got painted since last time. Looking good.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
- ☁️ 50 °F
- Altitude: 315 ft
- IrelandSheskin54°17’17” N 7°6’42” W
Changes
December 15, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
The new UK £... Well the new £20 with King Charles.
TravelerYeah, i think few generations didn't even imagine they will have someone instead of the Queen.
TravelerLondon bridge has fallen down... But I heard once from a British person "So she dies, who cares?! Why I should read about it all over the LinkedIn?". It was my first meeting with this person 😂😂😂
TravelerWell,I can get why people think that, but to me... it's like nostalgic, queen, king, princesses
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- Day 4
- Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 8:06 AM
- ☁️ 48 °F
- Altitude: 322 ft
- IrelandSheskin54°17’17” N 7°6’40” W
What a difference a year makes
December 15, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
So great to see dad taking care of the cattle again. He was absolutely not able to do that last year 😁
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- Day 4
- Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 11:06 AM
- 🌬 50 °F
- Altitude: 200 ft
- IrelandMonaghan54°14’59” N 6°57’24” W
A walk around town
December 15, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 50 °F
We had a walk around Monaghan this morning, mostly around St. Davnet's hospital.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 2:20 PM
- 🌬 52 °F
- Altitude: 315 ft
- IrelandSheskin54°17’17” N 7°6’42” W
A visitor to mum's garden
December 15, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
A not-so-shy robin
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- Day 4
- Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM
- 🌬 52 °F
- Altitude: 315 ft
- IrelandSheskin54°17’18” N 7°6’42” W
Sunday Lunch
December 15, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puds.
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- Day 5
- Monday, December 16, 2024 at 10:46 AM
- 🌬 48 °F
- Altitude: 164 ft
- IrelandMonaghan54°14’57” N 6°57’23” W
Canal bank walk
December 16, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 48 °F
James is doing a final this morning, so Trystan and I went out for a walk.
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- Day 5
- Monday, December 16, 2024 at 1:11 PM
- 🌬 50 °F
- Altitude: 315 ft
- IrelandSheskin54°17’17” N 7°6’42” W
The mechanic
December 16, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 50 °F
My nephew Jack is getting our old tractor running again. It's older than me, but he's working a miracle and actually has it running again.
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- Day 5
- Monday, December 16, 2024 at 1:43 PM
- 🌬 50 °F
- Altitude: 322 ft
- IrelandSheskin54°17’18” N 7°6’43” W
The origami Christmas Tree
December 16, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 50 °F
In all its glory. I promised I'd fold it.
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- Day 5
- Monday, December 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
- ☁️ 48 °F
- Altitude: 305 ft
- IrelandSheskin54°17’16” N 7°6’42” W
Mum's Winter Roses
December 16, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
3 blooming roses in the dead of winter
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 10:57 AM
- 🌧 48 °F
- Altitude: 203 ft
Northern IrelandMaghera54°51’1” N 6°39’54” W
Swinging by Alan's
December 17, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ 🌧 48 °F
Decided to take a drive up to the Giant's Causeway, which actually brought us past Alan's place. Randomly he was working at home and Aoibheann was home sick, so we got a chance to say hello.
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM
- 🌧 50 °F
- Altitude: 102 ft
- Northern IrelandDunluce Castle55°12’40” N 6°34’45” W
Dunluce Castle in the rain and wind
December 17, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
Now it's better known as Castle Greyjoy, of course, from Game of Thrones. What an amazing location for a castle. This one dates back to the 1600's and belonged to the MacDonald.
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
- 🌧 52 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- Northern IrelandGiant's Causeway55°14’25” N 6°30’43” W
Gigantic
December 17, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
The Giant's Causeway
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 2:56 PM
- 🌧 52 °F
- Altitude: 30 ft
- Northern IrelandBallintoy Point55°14’39” N 6°22’10” W
Ballintoy Harbour
December 17, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
This was used as the Greyjoy Harbour in Game of Thrones
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 3:30 PM
- 🌬 52 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- Northern IrelandKinbane Head55°13’40” N 6°17’29” W
Kinbane Castle
December 17, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Another incredible ruin near Ballycastle
TravelerWow! So many presents 😍
TravelerCertainly a lot to bring on a plane. 🎁✈️