Drama & Natural Disasters

Like oreo cookies and milk, natural disasters and dramas are a given! In a semi-frenzy we ran around the "Temple Bar" area of Dublin, trying to either email, skype or call Sean. No WiFi at the hotel and only one computer in the lobby that was for obvious reasons being used. We finally found an internet cafe adjacent the river Liffey. The attendant barely spoke english and after multiple options were exhausted he proved to be the hero and helped us get Sean on the phone. Needless to say we were all disappointed but small potatoes in the grand scheme. He was still in Liverpool and we in Dublin, tomorrow was another day. We needed to make plans to get to England. Exhausted and deflated we headed back to our hotel for either a cry or a nap..opted for the nap. To say our accomodations in Ireland were humble would be kind, (more later). We caught a couple hours of sleep and awoke to the realization we had some serious action to attend to!

First to "McDonalds", only free WiFi in our vicinity...reserved spots on the Ferry to Holyhead, Wales. Just in case the airport didn't reopen. Good call, they cancelled our flight just an hour later. Then on to exploring the "Temple Bar" neighborhood..

Music on the street, music in the pubs, music in Meeting Square, fabulous. Visited a few spots, just wonderful and then popped into Fitzgerald's on the river and had seafood chowder, brown bread and chips! Perfect!

Time for some serious sleep, we only had a few hours before we had to head to the dock. We awoke to the hotel clerk pounding on our door, "your son is on the telly" (no phone or alarm clock in our room). Guy stumbled down to the lobby to update Sean on our plan, he hadn't received our last message. Back to sleep for me, sadly Guy had a hard time settling back in.

More later...