Aye, We've Arrived!

We had a shocking flight:

• 2 meals - one of them hot
• free beer and wine
• hardwood floors in the lavatory

Getting on and off the plane was so different from US domestic flights: people were all nice and relaxed and polite. Again, shocking.

Customs was very cordial. The car rental gave us the option for an upgrade, which worked out very well because I don't know how our luggage would have fit in anything smaller.

We took a Family Vacation style tour of Dublin - Look kids! Big Ben! - in search of our hotel. The map the gave us couldn't have been less helpful. We finally asked a cabby for directions. It turned out to be "literally right around the corner," but with 17 or so turns, they didn't even try to give us directions and just led us here.

Signing off in search of dinner.