Our first day of our Ireland trip was completely devoted to flying there. We left Sunday p.m. and arrived in Dublin at 8:45 a.m. The flight was on-time which was nice, but sleep eluded me on the plane. Arriving in Dublin was great, Casey pointed out the sun rising as we came upon Ireland (it was 1 a.m. EST) and that was pretty weird. We got our suitcases and headed to customs. To me it felt like the kids going to Hogwarts on the Hogwarts express as most people had carts loaded with luggage and were being herded into a single line.
CIE met us promptly and before we knew it we were on our way to the Burlington Hotel where we would stay the first night. We got our rooms and decided that a nap would be best before our tour of Dublin at 2.
That is just what we did and it helped a little. Following a hurried lunch, we boarded the tour bus for a trip around Dublin. Our tour driver and guide, Jim Lynch, was great. An absolute riot to listen to as well. Our first stop was a tour of Dublin Castle. It was okay, but we were still pretty tired and a castle tour was not the best idea. The tour guide, Mave, was very nice and informative, which helped.
As you can see from the picture, the kids were pretty wiped and didn't seem too happy about the tour. It was interesting though and, like I said, the guide was very good. One phrase used by the guide when discussing the fact that two people were supposed to get married, but the groom left the bride at the altar, she referred to it as the groom "pulled a runner." I loved that phrase. It turned out that the groom's friend ended up marrying the bride to avoid her embarassment and they had a happy life together. Neat story.
More to come another day.
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