travel + day 1

We’re here! Yay Ireland!

I’ll gloss over the travel bits. You’ve been on airplane, right? Our time on the plane was like that. We had a couple fortuitous turns: when changing planes at JFK, our next gate was directly beside the one we were let off at. Nice. The exit row coach seats we sat in on the trip to Ireland were genius. Loads of legroom AND they reclined (go me). Timo froze a little bit, but he seems to have recovered all the feeling in his feet just fine. Breezed through customs; suitcases came right out of baggage claim no problem.

When we stepped out of the airport, we were greeted with green hills, gray sky, and that kind of icy rain that smacks you right in the face and says “hey, I got your nose.” Wow, was it cold. There was snow, my friends, snow. Not that attractive kind of snow, but the wet, mushy kind that doesn’t accumulate. We have purchased our first “souvenirs”: winter hats. We’ll post some photos later of Timo & Jessica on the town; rarely have we looked so attractive.

The rest of the day passed in a blur of walking through the rain, learning the neighborhood. Tried to keep Timo awake, but he did really need a nap, poor love. He slept a bit, I unpacked and watched Friends.

More to come, with photos soon! Today we are setting off to walk the city as much as we can. On the agenda: Trinity College, Book of Kells, Guinness Storehouse, St Patrick’s Cathedral, pints.