A Day in the 'Fair City'


Believe it or not the best route (and least expensive) for us to go back to the states was through Dublin, Ireland. So, on Wednesday morning with about two hours sleep, we headed out of Edinburgh en route to Dublin


We checked into out hotel, got a little rest and then headed into the ‘Fair City’ on a quest for some good music, souvenirs and of course a pint of Kilkenny. We were successful on all accounts and had a great time even though we were dog tired. Actually one of our goals was to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College but we were too late as they just closed right before we got there. I think he saw us coming and raced to lock the doors. Actually even if it were still open we wouldn’t have paid to see it as they were charging 8 Euros to get in.

Well after a great night sleep at the Tulip Hotel, we headed to the airport and took off from Dublin around 11:15am. For the most part the flight was good but we did have some turbulence. I wasn’t enjoying that particular aspect of the journey as my imagination begins to go wild thinking of all kinds of potential catastrophes all the while putting on the, this is no big deal face for the kids. Actually, they thought it was fun like they were riding on a roller coaster or something. All I could think of was, how much stress are these planes designed to handle and I wonder how old this plane is.

Well the plane held up just fine and we landed smoothly at JFK in New York at exactly 1:01pm. We were scheduled to land at 1:00pm but I decided I would (being a Christian) extend them some grace and not complain.

To be continued…