We decided to go to Dublin last weekend. The decision was between Scotland or Ireland and Ireland prevailed, maybe because I have Irish in me. We quickly regretted our decison when...just kidding. We had such a great time in Dublin! I guess you could say this trip was a mix-up with times as I'll explain in the post. First off, we thought we were going to be in Dublin for 2 full days. It would be a short but sweet trip and we'd be back for Sunday so Rick could teach Sunday School and I could get sustained to my new calling {Relief Society Secretary}. Turns out instead of 9pm, we'd be back at 9am Saturday morning, big difference. Stink. So we had all of Friday to visit Dublin. Our flight left at 6am something Friday morning so we had to leave our house by 4am something. One would think we would have gotten to bed early that night. Nope, we went to bed past 1am. Stink. Luckily, we woke up and got to the airport on time.
This is what the weather was like when we left Germany. The funny thing is, we didn't want to be in Ireland too long because of the cold. We didn't want it to be cold & misrable outside that it would be a chore to sightsee.
Well, Dublin was actually very nice weatherwise, it barely even sprinkled (for Ireland weather we were told it was nice. It's green there from a reason). The above picture is one of the first we took for obvious reasons. Hey, it's Irish English--maybe they don't have the same slang as we do. Do you know that Celtic is the national language of Ireland? Yup, everybody learns it in school and all the signs are in it.
It was a little early after arriving in Dublin. The airport is so close to the city that we were able to take a regular bus and it cost a fraction of what an airport bus would've cost. We stopped a traditional Irish Breakfast, that's what the sign said anyway. Our breakfast came with both hot chocolate and orange juice. How's that for a nice treat? Rick got the meat & potatos dish, while I chose the crossaint and fruit cup dish. Don't worry, the fruit was swimming in whipped cream.
Here's the marshmellows that came with the hot chocolate. They double as hats when you're cold.
I'll post more on this trip later...hopefully. I'll just add on to this post, so check back later when insomnia hits. It's almost 2:30am and I should really try and go to bed. I'm on a bad sleep cycle!
2 comments:
A.M., P.M. Oh dear my dears. Listen, you are also Scottish and Welsh, plus much more. I love how you get all over the continent and then some. Mama
What an awesome trip. I love all the things that you captured that made for a "cultural" experience. I didn't know about the official language being Celtic. Cool!
So by now you guys should know where you are going after the Army. Where????!!! Drew's taking a trip to the States in two weeks and when he gets back we should know where we'll be going. Korea's been fun but we're ready to open a new chapter.
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