The trip here was crazy. First off, the Irish airline I flew with, Aer Lingus, was just wonderful. There were three lanes of seats and I was in the center, until a gentleman asked me if I would like to switch to his window seat so he could sit by his son. Needless to say I was happy to oblige. With this turn of events I was placed next to Jason, who was ALSO traveling with a ukulele, and on his way to his own awesome adventure. He is taking a break from his job in Chicago and headed to London to take part in a sail boat race where he will travel from London all the way to Rio de Janeiro after just learning to sail for four weeks. Which is rad. As it turns out, he's got a blog for his journey as well, and you can check it out at fromlondontorio.tumblr.com.
There touch screens at each seat with movies, TV shows, games, music and more all for the ride. We found out very quickly that you could play the games with other people on the plane, and competed in plenty. I sank his battleship, he beat me in tetris, I like to think after it all we came pretty close to being even (I might have been behind by just a little).
When we landed we hugged goodbye and I went to find my luggage and a bus to Galway. I quickly remembered I have never taken a bus, let alone a bus in a foreign country. I probably talked to 15 people pointing me in different directions until I found an actual bus driver who was heading to Galway in a half an hour. I bought a ticket for £18 and was on my way. Spoiler alert: This is when it got real. I teared up a little bit. It was something about being on the left side of the road instead of the right. It wasn't sad, just a happy, excited, nervous, "this is really happening" moment. I'm writing this on the bus (since I have around 4 hours before I arrive in Galway), and Ireland is already outrageous. All of the buildings are beautiful and old and authentic, and I'm barely even away from the airport.
There touch screens at each seat with movies, TV shows, games, music and more all for the ride. We found out very quickly that you could play the games with other people on the plane, and competed in plenty. I sank his battleship, he beat me in tetris, I like to think after it all we came pretty close to being even (I might have been behind by just a little).
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| Jason and I on the near 8 hour flight. |
When we landed we hugged goodbye and I went to find my luggage and a bus to Galway. I quickly remembered I have never taken a bus, let alone a bus in a foreign country. I probably talked to 15 people pointing me in different directions until I found an actual bus driver who was heading to Galway in a half an hour. I bought a ticket for £18 and was on my way. Spoiler alert: This is when it got real. I teared up a little bit. It was something about being on the left side of the road instead of the right. It wasn't sad, just a happy, excited, nervous, "this is really happening" moment. I'm writing this on the bus (since I have around 4 hours before I arrive in Galway), and Ireland is already outrageous. All of the buildings are beautiful and old and authentic, and I'm barely even away from the airport.
I can't wait to see my home for the next few months...I'll keep ya posted ;)
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| My first glimpses of Ireland (because the sun finally came up) |
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| Leaving Dublin (bus window pics for the win) |
glad you asked the right person where to go! Whew! Cool pics. Can't wait to see more.
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