First Day back in Dundalk

Hi Everyone, and Greetings from across the great pond,

We are now in Ireland!  As I write this blog it is 9:15 pm local time and 4:15 in New Jersey.  We had a terrific day and we are exhausted.  The travel day is always so long,  We left Newark airport on Tuesday night and we are just going to bed now for the first time since then and it is Wednesday night.  (And sleep on the plane is a minimum)

I took some great photos throughout our first travel day.  Starting with some in Newark airport.  We traveled over on the plane with good dance friends and our day continued with some of them.  When we landed in Dublin, we headed straight up to Dundalk, County Louth.  Shannon had a dance class with her coach.  While she was at class, Michael, Erin and myself did some sightseeing around Dundalk.  It is such a great town.  You will see us in a field at the foot of the Coolie mountains, looking out at the Irish Sea, then in town, Erin is at a beautiful flower shop eating ice cream.  We went to St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Library and the County Museum.  At the end, Erin was getting tired and as you can see, Michael was helping the cause by carrying her.  We took pictures with our dance friends and coach.  At the end of the day we had a fabulous meal back at the Windsor Pub.  We had eaten there last year and it was just great, so we decided to repeat our visit.  The weather today was absolutely fabulous and we hear that tomorrow will be great too.  So long for now, its time for bed.

Sharon