We're There!

Waiting in the airport to leave.
Ireland from the plane.
Our home for a little while.

In the words of Lloyd Christmas, "We're There." We made it to Ireland at 9:30 am Ireland time (4:30am atl time). Michael's Aunt Helena picked us up from the airport & brought us to Uncle Tadhg's House in Dublin. He had a "Fry-up" waiting for us (fried irish sausage & ham plus Irish bread and tea). Apparently Michael's cousins Pippa and Cian are a big deal because they are on the front cover on a bunch of magazines over here. Their father is Tadhg, the uncle we are staying with, so he had some of the magazines at the house. Pippa is one of the top models for Ireland and is dating an Irish T.V star. Cian is an equestrian star who won the gold medal in the
Olympics in 2004. Pretty neat!

We tried to set up a bank account here today, but they wouldn't let us do it until we each get a PPS# (like a social security #). We will apply for those on Monday. Now we're waiting for Helena to pick us up & take us to her house by the ocean in Wexford for the weekend.

Hope everyone is doing well back home. We miss everyone already!

The week before...

So we've got a week before we leave for Ireland. To those of you that don't know what we're doing... we are going to Ireland for about 4-6 months. Thanks to Delta skymiles and some Delta bucks ticket vouchers, we were able to get round trip international tickets for next to nothing. As many of you know Michael's dad is from Ireland and because of that Michael has an Irish passport. That will let us get jobs in Ireland. Michael still has a lot of family in Ireland and they are what is going to make this trip possible. His uncle Tadhg & aunt Helena have graciously offered to take us into their homes. We plan to both get jobs in Dublin, visit with all the family, travel around Ireland and possibly elsewhere in Europe while we're gone. Not that we think everyone we know will just be dying to know what we're up to everyday... but we will be posting pictures and short notes about what we are doing.