We were on the road at the crack of 1:30PM to the Dutch Mill Park and Ride waiting for our bus to Chicago. A chance for emJay to finish a a few last emails before she is ‘officially’ on holiday . . .
. . . luckily we were not using this bus line . . .
Soon our Coach USA had us at O’Hare Airport. Almost door to door delivery for $30/person . . . easy peasy!!! We rode to Chicago with Marci and Billy and you can see them in the ‘hold of the ship’ trying to get to their luggage located behind a door that had been accidently locked . . .
. . . problem resolved and we were treated to this spectacular cloud display as we head into the terminal and some dinner. Then, Marci and Bill were off to Milan via London, emJay and I were off to Dublin then to Milan tomorrow . . .
. . . and Barb and TommyH were already in Iceland viewing the ‘moonscape’!!!
From his dispatches though, there appears to be a little water in Iceland! We will all tie up in Milan in several days.
I had not slept well the night before so between being sleep deprived, and the Benadryl I took, actually slept most of the 6.5 hour trip to Ireland. Slept through a Shepards Pie dinner emJay said was very good!!! Soon we were landing in Dublin, 10:30am local time . . .
. . . and with a quick shuttle from the airport we were in our room by noon. Time for a nap!!!
Soon it was time for a little happy hour . . .
. . . gotto stay hydrated!
And before long it was time to head off to dinner. emJay had the sea bass . . .
. . .and I had the bangers and mash with red onion gravy. YUMM. All washed down with a Blue Moon. There will be plenty of time for Guinness.
. . . and we did leave room for a ‘little dessert’, which we plan on working off on the bikes!!!
then it was time to stroll back down O’Connell Street towards our hotel. You can see the famous 393 foot spire which ‘was commissioned as part of a street layout redesign in 1999. O’Connell Street had declined for a number of reasons such as the proliferation of fast food restaurants and the opening of bargain shops using cheap plastic shop fronts which were unattractive and obtrusive; the existence of derelict sites; and the destruction in 1966 of Nelson’s Pillar following a bombing by former IRA members’.