Dublin

Dublin...ahhh...Dublin. The only reason we went to Dublin was because the flights back to the states were significantly cheaper. It was good...and bad. Good because it was cool to see one more city and Dublin was pretty and nice. But it was bad because we got stranded at the Dublin Airport and had to spend the night there, all because of a little snow. So the trip was fun, but getting out of the stinkin airport was a pain!

This was an Irish street band that was really entertaining.

Keys to our B&B....and Chase's attempt at being artistic. (Successful, I think.)

Pretty park (and a moment's sunshine) in downtown Dublin.

Chase and I at the park

A pretty church in Dublin (sorry for all the vague references...I don't know what anything is)

A shopping street....yes....in Dublin

Chase at Trinity College...looking wise.

Megan at Trinity College...looking...less wise.

The sea...near our B&B in Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Done Larry)

Where's Chase?

Yeah....it was windy.

I just liked the green and the stones and the sea...for some reason it just seemed Irish.

Our B&B....it was so nice. I could really get used to the B&B scene...breakfast made for you each morning, the at "grandma and grandpa's" house feel, etc. We liked it.

So all the sightseeing went well and was fun....and then came the airport. LONG story short, our flight got canceled (along with ALL the other flights that day in Dublin) due to "inclement weather"--which in Dublin means an inch of snow. Anyway, it was mayhem trying to get our bags, waiting for hours in lines to re-book, sleeping on the floor until our flight the next morning, waiting for 2 hours on the runway while our plane got de-iced, and then FINALLY getting out of there. The stress was that Megan (Chase's sis) was getting married Saturday morning and originally we were supposed to fly in Thursday night, but because of the delay we were flying in Friday night. SO, as long as everything went perfectly on time, we could make it; luckily it did. We landed about 11:00 p.m. Friday night to the loving arms of our families, went home, talked and ate (the first thing we ate were tacos and chips and salsa...YUM!), and finally went to sleep around 4 a.m. Then the wedding was the next morning at 10 a.m. and all was well. We were tired, but just SO glad to be home and there for the wedding.

So there's our trip! Now that I don't have amazing locations to blog about, I'm not sure that I'll ever have anything exciting to put up here....we'll see!