Friday, March 25, 2022 Friday was our full day in Dublin, and unbelievably, our last full day of our trip (not counting the travel day home!). I was happy our flight into Dublin on Thursday was early enough to allow us a good chunk of time to start exploring, because ~1 1/2 days in Dublin… Continue reading Day 14: Dublin, Ireland and Day 15: DUB to ORD
Thursday, March 24, 2022 On Thursday we had to say goodbye to Rome. The boys loved Rome so much they were literally begging me to reschedule our flights to extend our stay. Ha! That wasn't happening, but we still did have a couple days in Dublin to look forward to. My parents were ultimately going… Continue reading Day 13: Rome to Dublin
Sunday, March 20 On Sunday we finally had to say goodbye. I'm such a sap, so I had to fight back some tears while hugging my sis. Always stinks, because it's usually such a long time before I see her again. Basically, this was a transition day. Our only real plans involved doing some of… Continue reading Day 9: Goodbyes and train to Dublin
Saturday, March 19 Saturday was our last full day in Ireland (well, for now). The weather was sunny, with blue skies- but SUPER windy! In the morning, the kids soaked up time with their little cousins in the hot tub: What a beautiful morning!! Eventually we all got ready, and by mid-morning we headed out… Continue reading Day 8: Scenic drives, Downpatrick Head, Beach and Ballycroy National Park
Friday, March 18 We had made tentative plans to go biking on Saturday, but upon waking up Friday morning, the weather forecast looked significantly better for Friday than Saturday. It was supposed to be extremely windy on Saturday. So, we called to reserve bikes from a local rental place for later that same afternoon instead.… Continue reading Day 7: Country morning + Biking the Greenway
Thursday, March 17 Thursday was St. Patrick's Day! We didn't specifically plan our trip to be in Ireland over St. Patrick's Day, exactly, but it just happened to work out with the timing of the boys' spring break. It was just an added bonus. 🙂 I should say, though, that I think when people envision… Continue reading Day 6: St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland!
*Picking back up on some trip recaps! See Days 1-4 in my Travel link on my site's homepage menu. Wednesday, March 16 The plan for Wednesday was to do a "Galway day". Galway is a very cute, very popular city in western Ireland, which is about 1 1/2 hours south from my sister's house. It… Continue reading Day 5- Galway, Ireland: Part 1
We're in that kind of fuzzy stage right now after vacation, trying to get back in the groove. It's harder when it's a long vacation, like this one was. Sleep/ jet lag has been so-so. I've been waking up really early and unable to fall back to sleep- around 3 am on Sunday (1st day… Continue reading Adjusting to normal life
We're home! We got home last night, actually (Saturday). The flight home was a bit longer than on the way over- maybe 7 1/2 hours, but everything went smoothly. One nice thing flying home from Ireland is that they do a U.S. "Pre-Clearance" for Immigration and Customs before you leave Ireland. Then, you just get… Continue reading Back in the USA + my worry stone!
Tuesday, March 15 After a couple of pretty full days, and a weather forecast that looked iffy anyway, the plan for Tuesday was a pretty low key morning. My nieces had school, so they went off to that, but the rest of us slept in a bit. The boys got a kick out of riding… Continue reading Day 4- lazy morning, Museum of Country Life, pub
GRATEFUL KAE 