We had afternoon tickets to Brussels and a day to kill in London. Unfortunately, we also had our bags to drag around. After breakfast, we headed straight to the station, and then I left Phyllis and Judy with the bags while the girls and I took a quick visit to Trafalgar Square. I took them …
We were up very early, had breakfast, and then were driven to the train station, where we took the train back to Dublin. From there we caught a cab to the ferry port. The cab driver was carrying on a conversation with another driver in the next car for several blocks. Once at the ferryport, …
We awoke and ate breakfast of cereal and bananas, and then were driven out to Killarney national park. This turned out to be a very large area of lawns, gardens, old stone mansions, lakes, hills and woods. It was chilly at first and we bought the girls pink Ireland jackets, but it warmed up soon. …
Today was another travel day, by train to Killarney. We we up early and took a taxi to Heuston train station. There we validated our Eurail pass and caught the train out to Killarney, with one quick train change along the way. The Irish countryside was green and beautiful, and the small stone train stations …
Today was travel day. We were up very early and went straight to the tube station, skipping breakfast, and headed over to Euston Station to catch our train. We had some bananas and a free sample of some kind of chocolate and then boarded our train. The train was freezing cold the whole way up …
The night was better, but still not great. I was wide awake at 3:30 am, then went bak to sleep at around 6 and almost couldnt get up at 9. Everyone else seemed to be doing better than me, though. I think the girls are already over their jet lag. We went straight to Buckingham …
Rough night. We basically slept straight through from 12:30 pm until the next morning. Except we didn’t really sleep too well once it got dark. Because of jet lag, it felt like time to wake up all night long. It was probably hardest for the girls, who didn’t really understand what was happening. Poor Kaitlin …
Sunday turned to Monday somewhere over the Atlantic as we flew east across eight time zones. Dinner was pretty disgusting and sleeping was almost impossible for me sitting on the plane, but Amber was able to sleep by curling up on her seat and resting her head on my lap, so it wasn’t so bad …
We’re on our way! Sitting on the airplane now on the first leg to Atlanta. The girls are watching a movie on the laptop and I’m sitting next to Phyllis right behind them, with Judy behind us. The morning was a little bit stressful – we were a bit late to the airport, and then …
Tuesday, April 26 Our departure day is less than a month away. It has been up in the air for several months whether we will actually be able to make the trip. It is still not quite certain, but at this point it seems pretty likely. The plan is to fly in to London airport …