Well, we did it! We're married! The wedding was amazing and was more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. It was so nice to see everyone having a good time together. We were having so much fun and didn't want the night to end.
As you can imagine, we were exhausted by the end of the night so after arriving at The Brown Hotel and ordering in room service, we crashed hard. Sunday and Monday were spent cleaning our house and packing for our trip.
My friend, Carrie, is staying at our house with the dogs while we're away and she was gracious enough to give us a ride to the airport on Monday afternoon. Our flight to Dublin left Louisville at 4:30 pm with a 3 hour layover in Chicago. The flight from Chicago to Dublin lasted 7 hours and fortunately the flight was not full so we were able to move around and stretch out a bit. After 2 meals and not much sleep we arrived in Dublin around 9:00 a.m. local time.
Our travel agent arranged a driver to take us to our hotel and just as we expected, he was very warm and friendly. As we slowly made our way through traffic, we got to know the driver a little better. He told us about his wife of 34 years and his children. His daughter is a computer engineer in Dublin and sadly enough, his 25 year old son passed away suddenly just three weeks ago. After suffering the loss of 2 major people in our lives, Jackson and I could relate to his grief. On a brighter note, the driver was very happy to hear that we were newlyweds on our honeymoon, " a happy time amidst the sadness".
When we arrived at The Gresham Hotel we found that we could not get into our room until 3pm. With no energy and a 5 hour wait ahead of us we resorted to sleeping like bums in the hotel lobby. Finally 3pm arrived and once again, we crashed hard. And just like that, our first day in Ireland is over.
As you can imagine, we were exhausted by the end of the night so after arriving at The Brown Hotel and ordering in room service, we crashed hard. Sunday and Monday were spent cleaning our house and packing for our trip.
My friend, Carrie, is staying at our house with the dogs while we're away and she was gracious enough to give us a ride to the airport on Monday afternoon. Our flight to Dublin left Louisville at 4:30 pm with a 3 hour layover in Chicago. The flight from Chicago to Dublin lasted 7 hours and fortunately the flight was not full so we were able to move around and stretch out a bit. After 2 meals and not much sleep we arrived in Dublin around 9:00 a.m. local time.
Our travel agent arranged a driver to take us to our hotel and just as we expected, he was very warm and friendly. As we slowly made our way through traffic, we got to know the driver a little better. He told us about his wife of 34 years and his children. His daughter is a computer engineer in Dublin and sadly enough, his 25 year old son passed away suddenly just three weeks ago. After suffering the loss of 2 major people in our lives, Jackson and I could relate to his grief. On a brighter note, the driver was very happy to hear that we were newlyweds on our honeymoon, " a happy time amidst the sadness".
When we arrived at The Gresham Hotel we found that we could not get into our room until 3pm. With no energy and a 5 hour wait ahead of us we resorted to sleeping like bums in the hotel lobby. Finally 3pm arrived and once again, we crashed hard. And just like that, our first day in Ireland is over.
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Hey guys! Keeping an eye on your blough (that's how they spell blog in Ireland). Hope you all are having fun!
PS Bring back Guinness.
stop internet-ing on your honeymoon! go kiss the blarney stone or something!
"Kiss the Blarney Stone"? Oh my! You're his *sister*! ;)
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