Our flight was on time all across the board. We had a connecting flight in Boston, MA., which included a 10 hour layover. Not as bad as the 13 hour layover in Atlanta, GA., last year. Fran, Jessica and I went exploring for a bit in Boston. Quite a pleasant city if you ask me. People were very friendly! Similar to what we found today in Ireland. No frets on getting lost, people in Boston and Ireland are looking out for you and are willing to help.
We decided we were to go to the New England Aquarium using the Commuter Train, though we would never get there. I think it may have been the distraction of the pier outstretched along the Boston Harbor looking back towards Logan International Airport that may be why or the cold weather we were battling. Not that the weather was brutally cold, it was just a drastic change from our unusual 70 and 80 degree weather. We walked around Downtown Boston passing alongside the many shops, pubs and vehicles. Being that all of us didn't get much sleep on our hop up to Boston, we were in search of some coffee. A local women with the cutest dog helped us find our way to the Flat Black Coffee Company. What a cup 'o joe! I got a Flat White, which Lucas (fellow in the white shirt) told me is popular in Australia. He most definitely sounded very Irish, though I never asked where he was from because he was just way too busy. After some good coffee and conversation we headed to the Boston Common and played in Tadpole Playground. After being overrun by little kiddies and hunger we ran into George who suggested going to The Beantown Pub, which happened to be right across the street from Cranary Burial Grounds, where Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock and many famous other revolutionary figures who helped shape the United States are buried.
After our exploration we caught up with Stephanie and our flight to Ireland. What an interesting flight, if I may add. Within the first 2 hours the flight attendants PA-ed for a doctor, though we would never figure out what happened in the middle of the plane. We finally arrived in Dublin at 5 o'clock and after searching for buses managed to finally find the one that would take us to our hotel. Mind you the bus we found took us to Downtown Dublin and then we had to find our bus to Ashbourne and to our hotel. Lugging all of our luggage and sleep deprivation had us in bed before you knew it. After getting a pleasant nap and finally meeting up with Lucy, we ventured back out to Dublin to the Guinness Storehouse. What a place! Its about close to the size of the Newsuem in D.C., though the Guinness Storehouse doesn't have news, it has 7 floors and Guinness to entertain. We then grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to our hotel. 
Looks like we are starting out early tomorrow in order to get into Dublin and we had talked about visiting Trinity College and The Book of Kells. What I would love to do is to head to a church and observe the way of the Irish Catholics prior to going to the parade. I think that would be wonderful to experience. I guess we shall see what tomorrow brings! ###
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