{Dublin, Ireland} 11 Nov 2010

We left for Dublin, Ireland on Thurs. morning. The flight over the Alps was incredible. The landing into Dublin...HORRIBLE...60-70mph winds--thought I was going to throw up. Mark said the plane landed at an angle on the runway to compensate...It was extremely windy until Friday morning.

After we checked into our hotel, we walked to The Guinness Storehouse for a tour and a complimentary pint.

the 9,000 year old lease

Mark enjoying a pint :)

As we started walking toward the Temple Bar area for dinner, we spotted a horse-drawn carriage and rode (staying warm & dry) to dinner.

This is where we at dinner........

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{Dublin, Ireland} 12 Nov 2010

Today we walked from our hotel to Lower Grafton St. to catch the bus for our Day Tour of Wicklow.

Sights on the way...........


Christ Church Cathedral

Trinity College

Wicklow Gap

Glendalough Monastic Settlement

Avoca--Irelands' oldest handweaving company

Another beautiful day in Ireland...it only rained on our walk back to the hotel....we got soaked!

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{Dublin, Ireland} 13 Nov 2010

We spent Sat. walking around Dublin sightseeing.....a beautiful day, until 3pm, when it started raining. Thankfully we were done and heading back to the hotel when it started raining.



We ate breakfast here (a traditional 'full Irish breakfast').



Dublin Castle

Sights from our walk around Dublin.....

Molly Malone

The Ha'Penny Bridge

O'Connell Monument

Kieran with James Joyce

Parnell Monument

Dublin's oldest pub

Garden of Remembrance

St. Ann's

National Museum

St. Patrick's Cathedral--we were unable to go inside because of a graduation ceremony :(

We left Dublin on Sunday morning--getting up at 3;30am to catch a 6:30am flight back to Milan. The flight and landing was MUCH better--very smooth. Sleeping at night in Dublin is difficult--We don't think the city sleeps...it was VERY noisy from 10pm-4am!

Not sure where our next adventure will take us.........

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{New additions}

Mark & the kids missed the kitties we had in CO (Heidi and her family adopted them and are taking very good care of them)....so we decided to get 2 new kitties for our family. They are pure-bred Maine Coons. The breeder named them...I tried to change their names, but didn't win that battle! The black and white one is Reason Man (we'll call him Reason) and the black smoke one is Rude Box (we'll call him Rude). The breeder is really into bands/music and all their cats/kittens have similar names. We pick them up early next week, when we get back from our trip to Ireland.

Reason is 4 mos. old---he was born in July.


Rude is 6 mos. old---he was born in May.

They are already best of friends--according to the breeder.

Enjoy!
Ciao :)