Well, we survived the trip to Ireland. Kahlil got about four hours of sleep on the plane. Jay and I got less than two hours. Once we landed at 8:30 am, we eventually got our bags, money and a lift to our hotel. The picture is of Kahlil on the taxi ride to the hotel. He was a little dazed. We arrived at the hotel at 10:00am. Unfortunately check in ,wasn't until 2pm... argh! So we dropped our bags and went for a walk.
St Stephens Green, a beautiful park, is just half a block from the hotel. Kahlil enjoyed walking around and watching the ducks and he kept us on our toes as we had to keep him out of the pond. We then found a pub to have some lunch... but we were foiled again. They didn't serve lunch until noon and it was only 11:30. Fortunately they also served breakfast so we ordered up a couple plates of toast, eggs, ham, sausages, tomatoes and a cup of tea. By this time Kahlil was doing his best to hold it together, but it was obvious he was exhausted and needed some sleep.
So we made our way back to the hotel hoping we could get into our room... and we could. Yeah! We were all set to settle in and take a nap. I tried my best to keep our nap to two hours, but we were all pretty OUT for about three hours. This was a mistake we paid for last night at 11 when Kahlil woke up and refused to go back to sleep until well after 2 am. But I think we are all mostly over the jet lag now. Thank goodness.
We just spent much of today - Thursday - with Margaret, one of our relocation ladies. She took us around town and to lunch at Phoenix park. She found us a place to stay and will move in December 10. The place is right close to and administered by our hotel. We will be just around the corner from St. Stephens park. It's a terrific central location. The only problem is that the internet access will be limited for a couple weeks until they get broadband installed. In the mean time, I can use the computer or Jay's laptop and wireless in the hotel lobby.
So in general, all is going well and we seem to be settling in well.
