Swords

Ok, finally on our way to Dublin and only showing a 15 minute late arrival. The pictures attached are pretty clear. The first one is our first view of Ireland. I had seen similar views of Ireland flying into London (who am I kidding, that island is always covered by clouds!), but to see it in the sunshine was impressive. It took a minute as we flew over to realize we were looking at Dublin. It looked so small from the plane, but we knew somewhere down there were our traveling companions, who I know were desperately worried we weren’t’ going to make it (we made all the hotel reservations and the rental car is in our name - They would have partied hard in Dublin, but then wanted us on that island, they NEEDED us on that island!!!

The funny thing is once we got by Dublin (which took 5 seconds), we got to see why it’s called the Emerald Isle! Wow! Just beautiful landscapes. We can’t wait to get moving through the countryside. Although, I’d be happier if they drove on the right side of the road and they didn’t use a stick shifts that required a left hand shift! At least the clutch should be in the right place!

Once on the ground and safely moving through customs, well one of us breezed through, the other one still sweating from some internal heat source only 50 year old women can explain took a little more time. Out to the baggage and fingers crossed, let’s see what we can find! Well to ruin the shocking surprise, our bags weren’t part of the surprise! yeah, I kind of wish those were our clothes in the card board boxes, but surprisingly, I sprang for slightlier nicer luggage - I’m only partial Murphy after all. We will see what happens, but according to that non Irish guy behind the counter talking to Denise, our bags are either somewhere in the Middle East or will be in Ireland tomorrow, which is kind of like when you ask your kids to do the dishes and three days later they still haven’t been done? That’s the confidence I have in these bags showing up before we leave this tiny green island with the beautiful black liquid gold…. Speaking of which, I need one of those pronto!!!!Read more