It's 7:55 a.m. and I just landed in Ireland. From what I can see, it is really green.. surprise, surprise :)
My two flights were OK aside from the fact that it was about 150 degrees in the mini plane to Newark and about 5 degrees in the plane to Shannon. Thank God for the blanket and pillow courtesy of Continental Airlines.
When we first took off [after about an hour of waiting for the luggaage people to sort through all the luggage since they overbooked the flight by 12 people and had to take the luggage out and put it back on], we were able to watch quite a few firework shows from the sky. They were very pretty to see, but the fireworks looked like little sparklers from where we were.
We then watched 27 Dresses, which just happens to be the cutest movie alive. I really loved it.. and it has nothing to do with the fact that they played James Morrison. Promise.
I sat next to two girls who were really fun to sit next to. They are visiting Ireland for two weeks on a vacation that they've been planning for about a year. The girl next to me was also reading How The Irish Saved Civilization. I feel like everywhere I go someone is reading that book, haha. I am glad I finally finished it.
Most of the flight attendants were very nice, but there was this one little man who kept running up and down the aisles as if completing his job was going to save lives. He kept yelling, "Job to do! Job to do!" and literally pushing people out of the aisle--like me. Then I saw him pouring a cup of water for someone. Really? Is it that urgent? ..and more than once? Come on now, White Rabbit, get it together.
Now I am in the airport just waiting for the other student arriving today, Kali, and our car. Our car is arriving at 10 a.m. to take us on a three-hour journey to Sligo. Upon arrival, we will be taking a thirty-minute tour of the campus, so hopefully I'll have pictures to share in a few hours.
Yay for Ireland!
P.S. Mom, I see someone with a guitar. I should have brought mine :(
