From the USA to Dublin

Our trip from the USA to Dublin was long, but fortunately fairly uneventful. The flight from Minneapolis to Paris didn't take nearly as long as I expected, and I was able to watch the movie Goodbye, Christopher Robin on the plane. I enjoyed it a lot. We got good service, and I even liked the pasta that they served. I didn't really sleep much on the flight, though. Once we landed in Paris, we had to go through security again, which I thought was odd, because we hadn't left the airport at all. They made me dispose of a water bottle that I was given on the plane....c'est dommage!  I did get to practice my French at a baked good stand called PAUL; I ordered deux pain aux chocolat for me and Kerry. The second flight, from Paris to Dublin, was much more uncomfortable. The seats were very small and I couldn't even bring my carry on with me on the plane; I had to leave it outside the plane before I boarded. Fortunately, though, there wasn't too much trouble getting the rental car in Dublin. It was just a long process. First we had to stand in one line to pay for the car. Then we had to take a shuttle to get the car and our insurance options were explained to us there. Kerry is doing the driving, and he did a good job getting us to Jury's Inn. However, when we got there, we realized there was no place to park near the hotel, so I had to go in with the bags and then ended up waiting 40 minutes for Kerry to come back. On the plus side, late in the evening, we did have a good fish and chips dinner in the hotel restaurant. (Well, actually, the bar....the restaurant was closed...we are finding that hotels don't open the restaurants here unless needed because the bars are MUCH more popular.)