Without further adieu, hereee's Ireland...
Day 1: Wednesday, June 9th
We got up early and finished packing. Our dear friend was kind enough to drive us all the way to Intercontinental Airport, and we hauled our suitcases into terminal C, excited and nervous about our adventure. We caught our first plane to New Jersey, the Ewark International Airport. We were unaccoustomed to flying Continental Airlines, and we were shocked! at all the amenities we have been missing because we fly the cheap seats. Which isn't so bad for a few hour flight, but for a 19 hour flight (including layovers) we went with a different airline. And Southwest doesn't fly to Ireland.
They have movies in the seat back in front of you, and you get ear phones. Awesome. There were about 35 different movies, and 60 television shows to choose from. The time remaining on the flight was on the screen, so you could pick your in flight entertainment accordingly. You can tell this made a big impression on me!
We landed in Ewark without (much) difficulty. *side note: when the pilot gets on the overhead PA system and announces that there's extremely turbulent air in about 10 mintues, that all passengers should be in their seats with their seatbelts on and plan for some severe bumps, it's enough to give even the calmest passenger a mild panic attack. Yep.
Our plane from New Jersey to Dublin. It was raining pretty hard, as you can tell from the photos. I suppose that's what made for the bumpy flight.
Our sign from the terminal announcing our flight information. Doesn't it stir excitement in your heart?
Our first view of Ireland. It's just a preview of tomorrow's post.
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