Leprechauns Yet to be Sighted

So, no little green-clad men in the airport. We'll see about the rest of the country! It is extraordinarily green here--and gorgeous! Flying over the countryside, it seemed as if there was nothing in Dublin, Ireland, besides countryside!

(Pictures from the air--yay pretty!)

Here, there are a lot of things different. Bathrooms are called, bluntly, "Toilets," elevators are "Lifts," and instead of dollars they deal in Euros. I already exchanged some of my money. OUCH. Exchange rates BITE, no matter where you are! Hopefully I can make it stretch!

Besides that, it's about 4 am in Utah, where I left. I feel like it should still be Monday--time flew as fast as I did! Here it's almost 11 am. I only got 2 hours of restless sleep on the plane, so I'm sure I'm going to crash and burn in a couple hours. I'm just glad my plane didn't crash and burn! Actually, it couldn't have gone any smoother, both in plane and layover and going through customs--which, by the way, wasn't AT ALL what I expected. They glanced at my passport, asked how long I was staying, and let me on through. So now I'm trying to convince myself I'm tired enough to sleep...but airports are NOT comfortable places to sleep!

AMERICANS--We get to Ireland and the first thing we do is hop on our laptops and facebook to the world that we're in Ireland...wow.

HAH. NICE TRY. (Well, it was a good thought...)

Baggage claim...YAY! My luggage made it! :D

Anyway, later I'll post pictures of the castle we go to, and tomorrow, we go to Inch Beach! WOOO!! Glad to finally be here!

A Penguin in New York City

I bet you think I'm going to tell you how I saw one of those in the airport here. Nope. I didn't. HAH! But I AM in New York...technically...all I've seen of it is a bunch of skyscrapers off in the distance and the inside of John F. Kennedy airport. And I ate an overpriced Wendy's sandwich and bought water for too much. Sigh. Yay airports. I also met up with Ashley, and later a significantly larger part of our group, and we're all on the same flight to IRELAND together! In my boredom I've shot forty-four pictures of myself and the airport, walked back and forth between terminal 2 and 3 about six times, and now I'm sitting...as if I won't be doing enough of that on the plane! I have a book I could read...several, in fact, or I could write in my journal, or I could waste more time blogging, like I'm doing. I think I'm actually going to give you some pictures to admire, just in case you've ever wanted to see the inside of the JFK airport. I know, I know--I'm fulfilling dreams, here. Just calm down, and I'll show you the pictures... ;)

Unless my computer is too busy being silly, and won't let me upload any at the moment. Sigh for a second time. Maybe when I land in the greenest place on earth I'll magically be able to put some photos up. Check facebook, for now! Adios!

UP, UP, AND AWAY!!

Twenty minutes to boarding, now, and I'm sitting comfortably in the airport, having passed security like the breeze I'm named after. ;P Lol. I'm silly. Anyway, I'm starting to get excited...more excited than nervous, finally. Oh buddy, there's a group of missionaries. CUTIES. Ha. Must have just picked someone up.

It's a gorgeous day for flying, not a cloud in the sky, no serious wind...just a little Breeze on the plane.

Oh man. I must need sleep if I'm being this punny...and with my own name, nonetheless!

Nothing more to report--people are starting to arrive at the gate now, getting ready to board the flight to JFK, after which I'll magically find my way over to my next flight, the one that will take me to IRELAND.

Keep checking for updates! Love you all!