Traveller's woes

In all honesty, our trip went very well. Almost everything went as planned! We left from Seattle about 11 AM and flew to Boston. This was our first time flying JetBlue, and I tell you, their snacks are absolutely wonderful!! The Boston airport, however, was terrible. Because our connecting flight was international, we had to walk from Terminal A to Terminal E, which at the time we were unaware that there was a special bridge to walk across, but no one we asked told us that!






We were almost late to our connecting Aer Lingus flight. From running to get onto the flight with our VERY heavy carry-ons (hey, they weigh your checked baggage), we realized we were in the LAST row on the plane. That meant squeezing by 50 rows of passengers, and then trying to fit our luggage somewhere! Honestly though, the flight was great. There were personal in-flight entertainment screens to watch tv and listen to music on, and they even served dinner. It was heaven sent!



We ended up checking 5 suitcases, with two rolling carry-ons and two "personal items". We went through customs like a breeze, but once we had to bring those SEVEN suitcases to the bus, ha ha ha. It was entertaining enough. We arrived soon enough to the city center on our Airlink bus, and then had two walk a few blocks with our seven suitcases. I'm quite proud of our wonderful execution! I ended up going ahead with two suitcases to check into the hostel, and then went back to help Claudio with the remaining five. It was triumphant to say the least. 

We checking into Oliver St. John Gogarty's which is a pub, restaurant AND a hostel right in the middle of Temple Bar, the area of downtown Dublin that is known for it's old bars and club, with street musicians always playing. The musicians were so enjoyable and we had such a fun time last night in our room with 6 others! There were two Swiss, an Irish, a Korean, a Brazilian, and a Dutch. We walked a bit around the city, Explored Trinity College's beautiful campus, and started our search for a place to call home.