Sunday, September 6, 2009

Day 9 - Dublin, Ireland

Our dinner restaurant
Grafton Street for a wee bit of shopping. Please note that there are no umbrellas! The sun actually came out for a few moments.

Today is not a blog worthy day. We drove in the pouring rain for four hours to Dublin. We ran in to a 45 minute traffic delay on the freeway due to a Rugby match, got honked at twice, and received the international single digit salute once. Had a rough time finding our hotel, but finally stopped for directions at a gas station...we started with asking an Asian woman who worked at the station for directions but she referred us to an Asian guy who got confused and then enlisted the aid of an Irish man to tell us how to get to our hotel....Real Men do ask for directions.

Our hotel is like the Winchester Mystery House. You have to walk through the bar/restaurant and go to floor two, then go down a flight of stairs to get to room 400 & 401 which are located in the "attic". But it is a really good location to things.

We're getting a little tired of pub food so we found an Italian restaurant with Irish flair??? It was probably the best meal we've had so far.

Early to bed for the seniors.....

6 comments:

ckapfenberg said...

you sound weary,,,,,,,,a good nights rest may be just what you need.

no news here. we have company and everyone is sleeping right now.

I of course, will bake cookies so that when people wake up they can have a sweet treat!

xoxo
travel safe!

Anonymous said...

Sorry the Hayes's didnt comment yesterday for the S&M team. We had a full day of shopping (well the girls did) while the boys tiled the upstairs bathroom at the cabin. So nice to come home to a new floor. Today we had a wonderful brunch at Seven Sisters(its the only 4 star in these parts) at the Black oak Casino outside Sonora. We tried our luck in the Casino afterwards and my sisters fiance came out with $300 of their money. The rest of us broke even, we think Howard lost a few dollars but he isnt telling us. Then home to a nice BBQ and a few neighbors poping in for some cold ones. We head home tomorrow and are praying that the traffic will be good to us. We hope you are having fun and have lots of sunshine for the rest of your trip.
The Hayes's

Heather said...

What, you guys worn out already?? :)

Anonymous said...

Grafton Street, Sunshine and Shopping sounds like fun to me.
I'm glad you found some real food...italian with an irish flare. Surely, they have good Irish Potatoes in Dublin, Ireland.

Be careful around that Rugby crowd...they are serious about their sport...rough, ready and a little drunk!

Jessica Wittmayer said...

Hey Guys...I'll give you the full story on Jack when you get back, but in a nutshell, he can't keep his hands to himself. I went to pick him up on Friday and instead of being in line with the other kids he was standing by himself in the corner with a cat that just ate the canary look. At first I thought, "Now why is he not in line? Then it became quite clear...oh f***, he's in trouble!" The teacher had him waiting so she could "talk" with me after all the other kids had gone. I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach...not my favorite way to start a 3-day weekend. Consequently, we've been sequestered all weekend trying to figure out how to deal with this....I am certain that I can count on at least 18 more years of stress with this one! Not that we didn't already know that, but I still had some hope.

Anyway, Dublin looks awesome...you guys suck!

Anonymous said...

Ok...this is the first time I have checked the blog and nothing new has been posted...guess you are out enjoying the sunshine!
Love you,
Ashley