Friday, September 26, 2014
Souths Pub
We had our first pint in Ireland at South's pub in Limerick where author Frank McCourt had his first pint at age 16. Guiness in Ireland is fresh and tasty and quite different than in the US.
Sleeping until 1pm
Good morning! or... Afternoon. :)
We pub crawled until after midnight around downtown Ennis. We stopped into 6 or 7 different pubs, had some of the best fish & chips I've ever had at Brogans pub / restaurant and listened to some authentic Irish music.
Then we slept.
For 11 hours.
Time to get motivated! We have a big day ahead of us.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
NOAS says hello from Ennis, County Clare Ireland!
After navigating some crazy narrow 1 way streets we made it to our hotel in Ennis.
NOAS was getting restless in my bag, so I brought him out to say hello.
Been awake now for 33 hours.
The Renault Fluence.
Standard transmission, steering wheel on the right, driving on left side of the road after a sleepless night.
Sounds like an awesome adventure. I'm glad Dan is driving. :)
Limerick bound!
Awake for 29 hours now. Ugh.
We have acquired Jon!
Customs cleared, cell phone reset & working, USD converted to EURO and we're headed for Avis.
Coffee...
So, it's 230AM, and we land in 45 or so, and no coffee. Do the irish not believe in coffee?
It was a short night, but a very pretty morning. One of those times I'd love to have a seat with a window looking forward.
Slowly waking up, but... Coffee
There is a theme here.
That first day in Europe always sucks. That's because the night before didn't really happen.
Coffee.
Aer Lingus Food
Dinner was awesome. Bakery there were no pre-food pics, but the cheesecake was derishous. Steak. Was pretty decent and the wine was tasty. Off to sleep land for a few hours.
Heineken? really?
So, there was no Guiness on the flight, Creams SUPERIOR Lager. Gummer got the last of them on the plane ... Go figure. It was pretty damn tasty.
Current time 1026pm FL time
So there is land out there still
Written at 945 Florida Time
So, this is where we are.
Short Night...
Well.... Good morning.
This red eye flight stuff is rubbish!
We are 45 minutes from landing and almost to the west side of Ireland's border. Sleep wasn't much of an option. Was highly uncomfortable, but a very smooth flight. I'm definitely ready to take a break from flying for a few days.
THA = 24.5
My first Irish beer.
Hello from Halifax, Canada where I was served my first Irish beer of the trip.
4.5 hours remain. If all goes as planned we should land @ 8:02am.
So far, I really can't complain. This Aer Lingus jet is modern, quiet and has a great AC vent blowing at me. It's rare that I'm actually cool on any flight.
Our pre-ordered steak dinners should be served in the next 30. Looking forward to something other than pretzels to eat.
(THA = 20 "now adjusted for Ireland time zone)
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Just in time!
We made it to JFK just in time. Walked off the JetBlue flight and right onto the Aer Lingus flight.
See you in the morning! Cheers!
(THA 13.5 hours)
We're holding.... For Air Force One.
Captain has informed us that we're going to fly circles over New Jersey for 25 minutes while we wait for permission to land.
Leaving on a jet plane....
Good bye Orlando airport. Next stop is New York City.
I've decided to start tagging my blogs with a "THA" status or "Total Hours Awake". Since sleeping on a jet is next to impossible when you're 6'6 & high strung, I think it will be interesting and potentially comical to document our next day and a half of travel.
(THA 11.5 hours)
This guy is going to Dublin!
This is my ride there are many like it but this one is mine. 
I left Dan a text message saying to text me when he lands in NY but I just realized he and Ryan land at 747 in NY and I take off from Atlanta at 748 to Dublin. Most likely I won't hear from Dan and Ryan till Dublin. It's 655 pm and we are pre boarding for Dublin in Atlanta. As George carlin would say what is pre boarding? Do you get on before you get on? Hmmm??? 
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