Day 1

Hi! We made it over without any problems, despite cutting it extremely close at LAX. I hope dad made it home okay.

It sure was a long plane ride! They fed us very well, dinner and breakfast. We each caught a few hours of sleep. Every seat had its own video monitor in the headrest of the seat in front of us, and we had free earphones so we could listen to music, or watch tv, or play games, andthey had this neat gps kind of thing that showed you where the plane was on a map and how high/fast we were flying and counting down the time to arrival. I watched that a lot.

We walked alot around Dublin today, still trying to get our bearings. fEverything is expensive. \i don't feel like \i am on another continent, I keep looking at the plants and trees for something completely different.

I keep noticing people admiring John's beard. And, I realized, no one else here has beards.

We met a few very nice people on the streets,they offered assistance when they noticed we were looking at our maps.

My dad will be disappointed to know that the people no longer dress like they did in the movie The Quiet Man. Except, I saw one old guy who talked to us on the street, and he reminded me of the old man who played Paul McCartney's uncle on Hard Days Night (he was a dirty old man).

Anyway, this keyboard is very awkward, that is why there are so many mistakes in this post. I just wanted to let you know we made it, and are doing fine. Please let us know how the kids are doing...not just the injured ones, all of them.

Love,

Lisa & John

PS: The hostel is not bad at all. Our room is quite spartan, but all we need is a clean bed and a bathroom, and we have that. We even have hot water! And, everyone seems very friendly.
And it drizzled in the morning when we arrived. \i miss you guys!