To wake up in Ireland

It's hard to believe, but two weeks from today, we will awaken in Ireland for the first morning. Now, I know this is a technicality as, Lord willing, we'll wake up on that Aer Lingus flight from Chicago on Friday the 10th, but two weeks from today we'll wake up IN A BED! A bed, with real pillows and sheets and blankets and all those glorious amenities, counts for something. We will wake up after spending the better part of the day and all of the night in and around Dublin. Sounds pretty good to me.

I'm anxious to see what Clontarf Castle Hotel is really like. If you're interested in learning more, visit their website at http://www.clontarfcastle.ie/travel.htm. While it's an ancient site, important in Ireland's history, this is a hotel attached to a later castle. Oh, well... it's castle enough for me!

We've started laying things out in preparation for tomorrow's session of "practice packing". We'll see what fits and what doesn't and know if we have more room or less room than we need. It will, at the very least, be very interesting so... stay tuned and we'll keep you informed!

Until later... Dawn