Given how many requests I got to “Have a pint for me!”, I realized that I had no time to lose.

I got an Irish Vodofone sim for my cell.

You can reach me at 087 7881406

There is apparently some voodoo that you have to do to reach this number if you are calling from a land line.

Overseas calling would need to call ( according to the Vodofone guy ) +353 87 7881406

After a long flight we are here. No one slept on the plane but we are doing okay despite little sleep. When we caught our connection in Toronto bound for Dublin we knew instantly that we were on the right plane. There were many red-headed children, a few red-nosed men and a priest! No kidding.

Attached are some thumbnail picutures of Kristine, Athena and Triumph in front of my cousin Siobhan’s house which she has generously allowed us to stay for our holiday.

The woman with the Irish Times newspaper and the butter (to go with the fresh Irish soda bread) is Siobhan. She made a most wonderful welcome for us and a great start to this holiday.

8:30 AM July 21st.

I have created an itinerary page (Kristine did the hard work of collating the data).  Check it out, just to the right side of this page.