First day in Dublin, Ireland

Greetings Everyone and Hello from Dublin J 

We arrived in Dublin this morning after a great flight across the Atlantic.  We went straight to our hotel, City West, right outside of Dublin.  This is where the competition is being held and where we will be staying. 

I want to send a great big shout out to all friends and teachers of Shannon at Memorial Junior School.  She is having a ball and practicing for Sunday.

Erin wants to send greetings to everyone in Ms. Capone’s third grade class at Bee Meadow School and all of the friends and teachersJ  Erin is so excited to be in Ireland. 

The first day of travel is a challenging one.  We left Newark Airport at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday night and after approximately a 6 hour flight, we arrived in Dublin Airport at 6:30 a.m. local Dublin time.   This means that after only about 3-5 hours of sleep on the plane, we as travelers, have to be ready for a full day in Dublin.

We arrived at our hotel, had breakfast and then went straight into Dublin.  We toured around the inner city.  We loved shopping on Grafton Street. We visited Trinity College where the Book of Kells is kept.  We went to the Temple Bar area and had a wonderful lunch, with delicious hot fudge sundaes for dessert at the Elephant Castle.  We wanted to eat there, we knew the food was delicious and that this restaurant originated in London.  We plan to be in London in two years and hope to go the Elephant Castle in London as well.  

After a very long travel day, we will be heading to bed early and looking forward to our day tomorrow. 

Check out our pictures from today and look for more as we have some fun in Ireland.

Fondly,

Sharon